Well marked low pressure area intensifies into depression: IMD

The well marked low pressure area over Bay of Bengal intensified into a depression on Tuesday evening and it is expected to cross coast near Chennai on October 17 morning, the India Meteorological Department said.

In a post on 'X,' the IMD said that the well marked low pressure area moved west-northwestwards and intensified into a depression and lay at 17.30 hours over southwest Bay of Bengal, about 490 km east-southeast of Chennai, 500 km east-southeast of Puducherry and 590 km southeast of Nellore in Andhra Pradesh.

(A) Depression over southwest Bay of Bengal

The well marked low pressure area over southwest and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards, intensified in to a Depression and lay centered at 1730 hours IST of today, the 15th October 2024 over southwest Bay of… pic.twitter.com/gVPV0AQjE9

— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) October 15, 2024

"It is likely to move west-northwestwards and cross north Tamil Nadu-South Andhra Pradesh coasts between Puducherry and Nellore, close to Chennai during early morning of 17th October as a depression," the Met department added.