A low-pressure area formed over the southeast Bay of Bengal at 5.30 am on Friday and is likely to intensify into a depression by November 15, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said, according to The Hindu and PTI.
It formed under the influence of an upper-air cyclonic circulation over the central Andaman Sea and the adjoining Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
What the IMD expects
The system is likely to move northwestwards, become a well-marked low-pressure area around November 14, and then intensify into a depression over the same region by November 15.
Forecast winds:
- Andaman Sea: squally weather, about 50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph, on November 13 and 14.
- Southeast Bay of Bengal: the same, from November 13 to 16.
- Southwest Bay of Bengal: up to 55 kmph gusting to 65 kmph, from November 15 to 17.
- Central Bay of Bengal: up to 55 kmph gusting to 65 kmph, on November 16 and 17.
What next
The IMD's update does not say whether the system will become a cyclone or where it might head after it becomes a depression. The strongest winds in the forecast are over the southwest and central Bay of Bengal from Sunday, November 15, to Tuesday, November 17.
