Bhubaneswar: The Depression over Southeast Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards at 22 kmph during past 6 hours and lay centred at 2330 hours IST of October 31 over same region, near Latitude 10.9°N and Longitude 87.5°E, about 830 km east-southeast of Chennai, 880 km south-southeast of Visakhapatnam and 950 km east-southeast of Ongole.
According to IMD, system is very likely to move west-northwestwards and intensify into deep depression over Southwest & adjoining Southeast Bay of Bengal by noon of today, into cyclonic storm over Southwest & adjoining Westcentral Bay of Bengal by midnight of November 1 and into severe cyclonic storm over Westcentral Bay on November 2.
It is very likely to reach westcentral Bay of Bengal near south Andhra Pradesh coast by early hours of November 3 and cross south Andhra Pradesh coast as severe cyclonic storm with wind speed of 100 to 110 kmph gusting 120 kmph between Nellore and Narsapur by morning of November 3, IMD said
