Bhubaneswar: A depression over the southeast and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm on November 16 and further strengthen into a severe cyclonic storm by November 17, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday.
According to the IMD bulletin issued at 5.30 am on Sunday, the well-marked low-pressure area over the southeast Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards and intensified into a depression.
The system was centred over the southeast and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal near latitude 9.0 degrees north and longitude 86.9 degrees east, the weather agency said.
It was located approximately 700 km west-southwest of Port Blair in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 860 km east-southeast of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, 1,040 km south-southeast of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and 1,160 km south-southeast of Gopalpur in Odisha.
The depression is very likely to continue moving north-northwestwards and intensify further into a cyclonic storm over the central parts of the south and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal on November 16.
It is likely to strengthen further into a severe cyclonic storm over the west-central Bay of Bengal on November 17, the IMD forecast.
The weather department is monitoring the movement and intensification of the system. Further updates on its likely trajectory and associated weather conditions are expected in subsequent bulletins.
