Cyclone Fengal: Well-mark low pressure intensifies into depression; moves towards Tamil Nadu-Sri Lanka coast

The well-marked low pressure over the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a depression, informed the Indian Meteorological Department on Monday.

Taking to its official X (formerly Twitter), the IMD stated that the current circulation lay about 1050 km south-southeast of Chennai coast. Furthermore, its models noted that the system was likely to move northwestwards and intensify further into a deep depression during the next 24 hours.

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The deep depression may turn into a cyclonic storm. Subsequently, it will be named ‘Fengal’, suggested by Saudi Arabia.

Yesterday’s well marked low pressure area over southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining East EquatorialIndian Ocean moved west-northwestwards, intensified into a depression and lay centred at 0830 hours IST of today, the 24th November 2024 over central partsof South Bay of Bengal… pic.twitter.com/IUvaVH2Br5

— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) November 25, 2024

However, IMD, in its forecasted path, showcased that the deep depression will head towards Sri Lanka and affect the northern parts of the country before culminating off the northern coast of Tamil Nadu.

As of now, IMD has not raised the warning of a cyclonic circulation. However, other global models have predicted that the deep depression may intensify into a cyclonic storm by the end of this week and likely make landfall in South India.

Incidentally, all models predicted that the possible Cyclone Fengal or the circulating winds may not make landfall in Odisha but affect its coasts with rainfall.

As per the current outlook, the deep depression may bring cloudy skies and light rainfall to coastal areas across Odisha, including Bhubaneswar.

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Starting November 27, cloudy skies may develop following which Ganjam, Gajapati, Puri, Khordha, Kendrapara, and Jagatsinghpur districts may experience slight rainfall, likely not exceeding 2mm per hour.