Bhubaneswar: The well marked low pressure area over Southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining South Andaman Sea concentrated into a depression and lay centered at 5:30 pm today over southeast Bay of Bengal.
The system, at 5:30 pm was located about 510 km southwest of Port Blair, 1480 km south-southwest of Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh) and 1360 km south-southwest of Sittwe (Myanmar).
“It is very likely to move north-northwestwards and intensify gradually into a cyclonic storm over the same region around 10th May evening. Continuing to move north-northwestwards, it will gradually intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm by 11th May morning and very severe cyclonic storm around same evening over southeast and adjoining central Bay of Bengal,” the IMD stated.
Thereafter, it is likely to recurve gradually and move north-northeastwards and cross southeast Bangladesh and north Myanmar coasts between Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh) and Kyaukpyu (Myanmar) around forenoon of May 14.
