DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY AND HYDROLOGY (MYANMAR)

 

17-5-2024 Weather is cloudy over the  Andaman Sea and South Bay and a few cloud to partly cloudy  elsewhere over the Bay of Bengal.

Well Marked Low Pressure Area Condition

Well Marked Low Pressure Area Condition

Issued at (14:00) hours M.S.T on 6-12-2022

According to the observations at (13:30) hrs M.S.T today, the Well Marked Low Pressure Area over the Southeast Bay of Bengal still persists. It is likely to move West-Northwest wards and concentrate into a Depression over Southeast Bay of Bengal during tonight. It is likely further intensify into a Cyclonic Storm around (7.12.2022) and reach off North Tamilnadu-Puducherry and adjoining South Andhra Pradesh coasts (India) around (8.12.2022).

General caution

Due to the well marked low pressure area, rain or thundershowers will be scattered in Bago, Yangon, Ayeyarwady, Taninthayi Regions and isloated in Naypyitaw, Magway Region and Shan (South and East), Rakhine, Kayah, Kayin, Mon States States from this noon to next (72) hrs. Occasionally squall with rough seas will be experienced in Deltaic, Gulf of Mottama, off and along Mon-Taninthayi Coasts. Surface wind speed in squall may reach (40) mph. Sea will be moderate elsewhere in Myanmar waters. Wave height will be about (9-11) feet in Deltaic, Gulf of Mottama, off and along Mon-Taninthayi Coasts and (5-7) feet off and along Rakhine Coast.

Advisory

Due to the well marked low pressure area, people should be awared the rainfall with strong wind, thunderstorms, and domestic flight, trawlers, vessels and ships off and along Myanmar Coasts.