Bhubaneswar: Cyclonic Storm Arnab is very likely to weaken into a deep depression by midnight on Wednesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its latest bulletin issued at 10.29 pm.
The system, currently over coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam and adjoining westcentral Bay of Bengal, is likely to continue moving north-northwestwards over the next 24 hours before gradually weakening, the IMD said.
According to the bulletin, the cyclone moved slowly north-northwestwards at a speed of 10 kmph during the past six hours and lay centred at 8.30 pm over the same region, near latitude 17.3°N and longitude 81.7°E.
The system was located about 60 km northwest of Kakinada, 90 km northwest of Yanam, 90 km west of Tuni, 100 km east-southeast of Bhadrachalam and 180 km west-southwest of Visakhapatnam.
The weather system is under continuous surveillance by the Doppler Weather Radar at Machilipatnam, the IMD said.
