DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY AND HYDROLOGY (MYANMAR)

 

04-12-2024: Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy over the South Andaman Sea and South Bay and a few cloud over the North Andaman Sea and elsewhere over the Bay of Bengal.

Depression News, No.3, 2024

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 - 19:00

Depression News, No.3, 2024

16th October, 2024 19:00 MST Today

Depression

According to the observations at (17:30)hrs M.S.T today, the Depression over the Southwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining Westcentral Bay of Bengal has moved West-Northwestwards and it is centered at about 630 Nautical miles West-Southwest of Coco Island (Myanmar), 145 Nautical miles East-Southeast of Chennai (India). The central pressure of Depression is (1004) hPa and maximum wind speed near the central is (30-35) miles per hour.

It does not intend to move towards Myanmar coasts at the present stage and therefore the Depression is coded as yellow stage.

Forecast

 It is likely to continue to move West-Northwestwards and may cross North Tamil Nadu- South Andhra Pradesh coasts, near Chennai around 17-10-2024 morning.