Bhubaneswar: The Meteorological Centre here on Thursday informed that a depression has formed over south-east Bay of Bengal this evening.
The weather department in its Twitter handle said, “A depression has formed over the south-east Bay of Bengal at 17.30hrs IST of 2nd December.”
“It (the depression) is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm during the next 24hrs,” it added.
The Well Marked Low Pressure Area over Bay of Bengal, lay centred at 1730 hrs IST of 2nd Dec 2021, near Lat. 11.0°N & Long. 89.0°E, about 960 km south-southeast of Vishakhapatnam, likely to move northwestwards & intensify into a CS during next 24 hrs. pic.twitter.com/84sKePMdIy
— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) December 2, 2021
Meanwhile, Odisha Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Pradeep Jena said that the well-marked low-pressure area over south-east Bay of Bengal moved W-NWwards, concentrated into a depression & lay centered at 1730 hrs IST of today, over the south-east Bay of Bengal near Lat. 11.0°N &Long. 89.0°E, about 960 km South-East of Vishakhapatnam, 1020 km South-East of Gopalpur & 1060 km S-SE of Paradip.
Ms Kalinga