New-born ‘low’ in the Bay likely to intensify a round

As expected, the northern part of Bay of Bengal has generated a low-pressure area this afternoon, an India Meteorological Department update confirmed.

The ‘low’ lies straggled over north Bay, adjoining Gangetic West Bengal and Odisha.

This is an offspring of typhoon Rammasun that coasted into China and Vietnam the other day. Unlike its predecessor, it is forecast to intensify a round over the next day or two.

This would trigger a wave of heavy to very heavy rainfall over central India, north peninsular India, west India and the west coast.

AREAS IMPACTED

Areas likely to be impacted are Odisha; Gangetic West Bengal; Chhattisgarh; east Madhya Pradesh followed by west Madhya Pradesh; east Rajasthan; Gujarat; Konkan-Mumbai; and coastal Karnataka.

North coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Marathwada and Madhya Maharashtra may also stand to make varying gains as the ‘low’ traverses to the west.

Meanwhile, an upper air circulation from an erstwhile ‘low’ over east Uttar Pradesh and Bihar would sustain a wet session over the rest of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarkhand.

But south peninsular India, including parts of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Rayalaseema, are likely to witness only passing showers.

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