Depression over northwest Bay of Bengal off north Odisha – West Bengal coasts

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New Delhi : The depression over northwest Bay of Bengal off north Odisha-West Bengal coasts on August 6, 2019,  moved northwestwards and intensified into a deep depression over the same region in the early morning (5.30 hours IST) on August 7, 2019.

Moving nearly northwards, it lay centred at 8.30 hrs IST on August 7 near latitude 21.1⁰N and longitude 87.4⁰E over the same region, about 65 km southeast of Balasore (Odisha) and about 60 km south-southwest of Digha (West Bengal). It is very likely to move initially northwestwards and cross north Odisha – West Bengal coasts close to north of Balasore in the afternoon of  August 7 and to move west northwestwards thereafter.

Light to moderate rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places and isolated extremely heavy falls (≥ 20cm) very likely over Odisha and Chhattisgarh during next 24 hours. Light to moderate rainfall at most places with isolated heavy to very heavy & extremely heavy falls very likely over east Madhya Pradesh during the same period. Light to moderate rainfall at most places with isolated heavy falls are also very likely over Gangetic West Bengal, Bihar, and Jharkhand during same period.

Light to moderate rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy falls at a few places very likely over north Andhra Pradesh and Telangana during next 24 hours, over Chhattisgarh during the subsequent 24 hours and over Vidarbha during next 48 hours. Subsequent west-northwestward movement of the system is very likely to cause Light to moderate rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy falls and isolated extremely heavy falls (≥ 20cm) over west Madhya Pradesh and east Rajasthan on August 8. Heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places is likely to continue over west Madhya Pradesh and east Rajasthan on August 9, according to a PIB release.