"A cyclonic circulation is likely to form over the northwest Bay of Bengal in the next 24 hours. Under its influence, widespread rains and heavy to very heavy rains are expected in Odisha from 19 to 22 July," HR Biswas, Director of IMD, Bhubaneswar said.
"A cyclonic circulation lies over Northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining north Odisha-Gangetic West Bengal coasts and extends upto 5.8 km above mean sea level tilting southwards with height," IMD Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar said.
As heavy rain continued in many parts of Kerala on Wednesday, the administration in eleven districts of the state declared a holiday for educational institutions for today.
The cyclonic circulation over the southwest Bay of Bengal and its neighbourhood now lies over the West-central Bay of Bengal adjoining the North Andhra Pradesh coast and extends between 1.5 to 7.6 km above mean sea level tilting southwestwards with height.
The India Meteorological Department on Sunday issued a warning stating that a cyclonic circulation is expected to intensify into a depression over the Southeast Bay of Bengal and the neighbourhood extending upto the middle tropospheric level around May 9.
"A cyclonic circulation has formed and lay over the Southeast Bay of Bengal and the neighbourhood extending upto the middle tropospheric level at 0830 IST of today the 6 May 2023," an official statement said.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) Director General Mrityunjay Mohapatra on Friday said that cyclonic circulation is likely to develop over the Southeast Bay of Bengal around May 6.
Cyclonic circulation that was hovering over north Tamil Nadu on Wednesday now lies over coastal Tamil Nadu said India Meteorological Department's(IMD) Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted that a cyclonic circulation is likely to develop over the Southeast Bay of Bengal around 6 May and that under its influence a low-pressure area is likely to form over the same region around 7 May.
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], October 16 (ANI): The India Meteorological Department on Sunday stated that a cyclonic circulation over west central Bay of Bengal and South Andhra Pradesh has become less marked.