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The cyclonic circulation over the central Andaman Sea, which continued in the forenoon today, is expected to build into a low pressure system in the coming 24 hours. The India Meteorological Department predicts that it would deepen into a depression by October 22 morning and a cyclonic storm by October 23.
“The upper air cyclonic circulation over central Andaman Sea lay over North Andaman Sea in the early morning (0530 hours IST) and persisted over the same region in the forenoon (0830 hrs IST) of today, the 20th October 2024. Under its influence, a Low-Pressure Area is very likely to form over the Eastcentral Bay of Bengal and adjoining north Andaman Sea during next 24 hours,” the IMD informed on ‘X’.
“It is very likely to move west-northwestwards and intensify into a depression by 22nd October morning and into a cyclonic storm by 23rd October, 2024 over Eastcentral Bay of Bengal,” it added.
The system is expected to move northwestward, reaching the northwest Bay of Bengal off the shores of Odisha and West Bengal by October 24 morning.
Qatar proposed the cyclone’s name, ‘Dana’.
Its influence will cause rainfall to begin on October 23 and increase on October 24 and 25. Wind speeds in the sea could reach 100 to 120 km/h at landfall, according to IMD DG Mrutyunjay Mohapatra.
