Low pressure area likely to form over Andaman Sea next week: IMD

A recent low pressure area could be very likely to form over the north Andaman Sea on October 9 and transfer in the direction of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coast after its intensification right into a melancholy, the Cyclone Warning Division of the IMD mentioned on Sunday.

Under the affect of the recent low pressure area, rainfall exercise could be very likely to improve over Odisha and coastal Andhra Pradesh throughout October 11-13.

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A low pressure area is the primary stage of any cyclone. It is, nevertheless, not essential that each low pressure area intensifies right into a cyclonic storm.

October typically witnesses cyclones within the Bay of Bengal. The October of 2013 and 2014 noticed Phailin and Hudhdud, each extraordinarily extreme cyclonic storms, ravaging the Odisha and Andhra Pradesh coasts.

“A fresh low pressure area is very likely to form over north Andaman Sea and adjoining east central Bay of Bengal around October 9, 2020.

“It is very likely to move north-westwards towards north Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coasts with gradual intensification into a depression during subsequent 2-3 days,” the CWD of the India Meteorological Department mentioned.

However, as of now, it has not made any forecast on its additional intensification right into a deep melancholy or a cyclonic storm.

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“We are monitoring its (low pressure area development,” IMD Director General Mrutunjay Mohapatra mentioned.

An present low pressure area lies over northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining Odisha coast.

It could be very likely to persist there until October 5 and turn into much less marked thereafter.

However, its related cyclonic circulation could be very likely to transfer over to south Chhattisgarh on October 6 and stay energetic until October 7, the IMD mentioned.