The low-pressure system brewing in South East Bay of Bengal and the adjoining Andaman Sea is more likely to intensify right into a melancholy at present (March 20) and result in the primary cyclone in March since 2000 within the North Indian Ocean area on Monday. And if that occurs, the cyclonic storm shall be referred to as Asani, the identify given by Sri Lanka.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the system is predicted to maneuver north-eastwards and attain close to the north Myanmar and southeast Bangladesh coasts on March 22. The IMD has additionally predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in just a few locations over the Andaman and Nicobar Islands with remoted extraordinarily heavy rainfall seemingly over the Nicobar Islands.
The Well Marked Low Pressure Area over southeast Bay of Bengal & adjoining south Andaman Sea persists over the identical area at 0830 hours IST of at present, the nineteenth March. It is more likely to transfer almost northwards alongside & off Andaman & Nicobar Islands,
1/12 pic.twitter.com/uvanVZc4hB— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) March 19, 2022
Speaking to The Indian Express, Dr Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, IMD’s Director General, had stated: “Cyclones in March in the North Indian Ocean may be few but are not rare… In the month of March, we do not get many intense systems. The maximum intensity it may go up to is that of a cyclone with wind speeds ranging between 70-80 km/hr.”
Heavy to very heavy rainfall (64.5mm to 204.4mm in 24 hours) is forecast over the Andaman and Nicobar Islands until Tuesday. And tough sea circumstances, because of squally winds with speeds ranging between 55 and 65 km/hr reaching 75 km/hr, are more likely to be recorded near the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, southeast Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. Fishermen have been warned from venturing into the deep sea until Tuesday.
There have been solely eight cyclonic disturbances in March within the North Indian Ocean area between 1891 and 2021. According to IMD’s cyclone atlas maintained for this era, a majority have been cyclonic disturbances –1907, 1924, 1925, 1928, 1938, 1994, 2000 and 2018 — which remained as depressions both shaped within the Bay of Bengal or the Arabian Sea.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
