Depression lays centered over south coastal Odisha; check IMD’s latest forecast

The well-marked low-pressure area over Westcentral and adjoining Northwest Bay of Bengal off north Andhra Pradesh-south Odisha coasts moved west-northwestwards and concentrated into a Depression.

It lay centered at 0530 hrs IST of today over south coastal Odisha and neighbourhood.The system is about 80 km east-southeast of Bhawanipatna (Odisha), 110 km west-northwest of Gopalpur (Odisha), 210 km east-northeast of Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh) and 260 km east-southeast of Kanker (Chhattisgarh).

"It is likely to move west-northwestwards across south Odisha and south Chhattisgarh during next 24 hours and weaken gradually," said IMD.

#Depression over south Odisha moved WNW with a speed of 25 kmph during past 6hrs over and lies over the same region about #10km southeast of #Bhawanipatna

It is likely to move WNW across south Odisha & south Chhattisgarh during next 24 hours and weaken gradually. pic.twitter.com/ZU9pJDcAFG

— Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar (@mcbbsr) September 11, 2022

The monsoon trough runs south of its normal position. It is likely to remain so during the next three days. A cyclonic circulation lies over Eastcentral Arabian Sea off south Maharashtra-Goa coasts at lower tropospheric levels.

Wind warning

Squally winds speed reaching 40-50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph are very likely to prevail over northwest and westcentral Bay of Bengal and along & off north Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal coasts on September 11 and 12.

Sea condition

Sea condition will be rough to very rough over northwest & westcentral Bay of Bengal and along & off Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal coasts on September 11 and September 12, 2022.