Bhubaneswar: The depression over the Bay of Bengal (BoB) is likely to convert into a low-intensity cyclonic storm by October 24, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday.
The depression lies over westcentral Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards with a speed of 6 kmph during past 6 hours and lay centered at about 590 km south of Paradip, 740 km south of Digha (West Bengal), and 880 km south southwest of Khepupara (Bangladesh).
It is likely to further intensify into a deep depression during the next 12 hours. It is likely to move northwestwards during next 12 hours, then recurve and move north northeastward during subsequent 3 days towards Bangladesh and adjoining West Bengal coasts, the IMD said.
“Though there is a possibility of the formation of a cyclonic storm, it is likely to be a very weak system. It will have a marginal impact on Odisha, bringing in light to moderate rain. The system at the sea will be around 200 km from the State’s coast,” IMD’s weather scientist Umashankar Dash said.
The weather department said dry weather prevailed over the districts of Odisha. Maximum temperatures observed marked fall at one or two places over the districts of north interior Odisha and no large change elsewhere over the districts of Odisha.
They were appreciably below normal at one or two places over the districts of interior Odisha, above normal at one or two places over the districts of interior Odisha and normal elsewhere over the districts, it said.
They were appreciably below normal at one or two places over the districts of Interior Odisha, below normal at a few places over the districts of interior areas of the State, at one or two places over the districts of coastal Odisha, above normal at one or two places over the districts of interior pockets and normal at elsewhere over the districts.
Light to moderate rain/ thundershower would occur at a few places over the coastal districts, at one or two places over the districts of Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Angul, Dhenkanal, Boudh, Kandhamal, Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri and dry weather likely to prevail over the rest districts on October 23, the IMD said.
Similar weather conditions would also prevail in the state on October 24, Dussehra day.
