New Delhi, Nov 30 (UNI) India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday said that a depression over Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a ‘Deep Depression’ in next 24 hours and intensify further into a cyclonic storm.
According to the IMD, the latest satellite and ship observations indicate that the well marked low pressure area over southeast Bay of Bengal &neighbourhood concentrated into a depression and lay centered at 0530 hrs IST of November 30 and lay over southeast Bay of Bengal about 750 km east-southeast of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka) and 1150 km east-southeast of Kanyakumari.
It is very likely to intensify further into a deep depression during next 24 hours. It is also likely to intensify further into a cyclonic storm. It is very likely to move west-northwest wards and cross Sri Lanka coast around evening of December2. It is very like to move nearly westwards thereafter and emerge into Comorin area on December 3 morning.