Low Pressure Area Intensifies Into Depression Over SE Bay Of Bengal: Met
Hyderabad/Amaravati, March 20: Saturday’s well marked low pressure area intensified into the depression over southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining south Andaman Sea moved nearly northwards at a speed of 12kmph and lay centered at 0830 hours on Sunday, Meteorological Centre here said on Sunday.
The depression now in the same region, near latitude 10.1°N and longitude 92.6°E, about 110 km north-northwest of Car Nicobar (Nicobar Islands), 170 km south of Port Blair (Andaman Islands) and 840 km south-southwest of Yangon(Myanmar).
It is likely to move nearly northwards along & off Andaman & Nicobar Islands, intensify into a Deep Depression during the next 24 hours and into a Cyclonic Storm during subsequent 12 hours. Lower tropospheric Southwesterly winds prevail over Andhra Pradesh and Yanam, the bulletin added.
Thunderstorms accompanied with lightning at isolated places in South Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema during the next 24 hours. Thunderstorms accompanied with lightning at Isolated places in North Coastal Andhra Pradesh &Yanam, South Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema on March 21, 22 and 23.
