Bhubaneswar: The cyclonic circulation over the central Andaman Sea, which persisted over the same region in the forenoon today, is likely to intensify into a low pressure in the next 24 hours. Subsequently, it will intensify into a depression by October 22 morning and into a cyclonic storm by October 23, informed the India Meteorological Department.
“The upper air cyclonic circulation over central Andaman Sea lay over North Andaman Sea in the early morning (0530 hours IST) and persisted over the same region in the forenoon (0830 hrs IST) of today, the 20th October 2024. Under its influence, a Low-Pressure Area is very likely to form over the Eastcentral Bay of Bengal and adjoining north Andaman Sea during next 24 hours,” the IMD informed on ‘X’.
“It is very likely to move west-northwestwards and intensify into a depression by 22nd October morning and into a cyclonic storm by 23rd October, 2024 over Eastcentral Bay of Bengal,” it added.
The system is very likely to move northwestwards and reach northwest Bay of Bengal off Odisha-West Bengal coasts by October 24 morning.
The cyclone has been named ‘Dana’, proposed by Qatar.
Under its influence, rainfall will start from October 23 and increase on October 24, and 25. Wind speed could go upto 100 to 120 km/h in the sea during landfall, IMD DG Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said.
