Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) today forecasted that a low-pressure area is likely to form over the southeast Bay of Bengal within the next 24 hours under the influence of an upper air cyclonic circulation over the south Andaman Sea and adjoining region.

According to the forecast, the system is expected to move west-northwestwards and intensify into a depression over the central parts of the south Bay of Bengal and adjoining west-central Bay during the subsequent 48 hours.

The IMD’s Tropical Weather Outlook issued today said that most numerical models, including NCEP, ECMWF, ECAI, IMD GFS, GEFS, and BFS, are indicating the development of a low-pressure area over the southwest and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal between October 21 and 22. The system is likely

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