Low Pressure To Intensify Due To Depression In Bay of Bengal

Visakhapatnam: The low pressure area being formed over the northwest and adjoining west central Bay of Bengal on Wednesday is likely to intensify into a depression, according to private weather website, Skymet.

IMD Amaravati director Stella S said the system might not intensify into a cyclone.

Skymet said, “The system is forming after a long pause of break-monsoon conditions. The last monsoon system was the remnant of Typhoon Whifa, which travelled as a low pressure/depression across the country. As a precursor to the new system, a cyclonic circulation formed on Tuesday.”

“This will strengthen into a low-pressure area, and remain stationary for two to three days over the sea and is likely to intensify into a monsoon depression before moving inland.”

The monsoon trough and the monsoon systems over the sea are the main triggers for seasonal rainfall. There was a hiatus in the broad-scale seasonal weather activity on account of break-monsoon conditions, which is quite normal at this time of the season, Skymet noted.

It said, “The renewal of the monsoon commences with the appearance of a low-pressure area over the sea. In accordance with the typical revival, a low-pressure area is forming over the Bay of Bengal. The temporary lull of monsoon activity will rejuvenate, and widespread rainfall is likely over a large swath of the country.”

Even while the system will remain parked over the sea between August 12 and August 15, the weather activity will start from the east coast and keep expanding the cover inland. North coastal Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and other eastern states would be the beneficiaries in the first lot.

Strong and sturdy monsoon activity would sweep across the central parts and reach the farthest western end of the country in Gujarat, Skymet said.