Fresh low pressure likely over Bay of Bengal next week

Bhubaneswar: Amidst favourable conditions for withdrawal of monsoon from some parts of India during next two days, a fresh low pressure is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal next week.

According to the IMD, a cyclonic circulation is likely to form over north Andaman Sea and neighbourhood around 18th October 2022. It would move west northwestwards towards westcentral and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal becoming a low-pressure area around 20th October, 2022.

Moreover, the conditions are very likely to become favorable for the withdrawal of Southwest Monsoon from some parts of interior Odisha during the next two days.

The Regional Meteorological Centre has issued thunderstorm warning for several districts today.

According to mid-day bulletin of the weather department, isolated thunderstorm with lightning is very likely at one or two places over the districts of Cuttack, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Khordha, Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri, Sundargarh, Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj today.

Such weather condition is likely to last at these places till tomorrow morning.