BAY BULLETIN | Department of Meteorology and Hydrology

Monday, December 5, 2022 - 19:30

BAY BULLETIN

ISSUED ON : 5 – 12 - 2022 AT: 13:00 hrs M.S.T

COMPOUND :

PART ONE : According to the observations at (10:30)hrs M.S.T today, a Low Pressure Area has formed over South Andaman Sea and adjoining Southeast Bay of Bengal. It is likely to move West-Northwest wards and concentrate into a Depression over Southeast Bay of Bengal around (6.12.2022). Thereafter, it is likely to continue to move West-Northwest wards and further intensify into a Cyclonic Storm and reach North Tamilnadu-Puducherry and adjoining South Andhra Pradesh coasts (India) around (8.12.2022).

PART TWO : Weather is generally fair over the North Bay of Bengal, cloudy over the Andaman Sea and South Bay of Bengal and a few cloud to partly cloudy elsewhere over the Bay of Bengal.

PART THREE :

FORECAST FOR AREAS BETWEEN LAT. 10.5°N – 16.5°N AND LONG. 92°E

WEATHER : Scattered rain or thundershowers.

VISIBILITY : (4) nautical miles but (1) nautical mile in rain.

SURFACE WIND : East or Northeast (10 - 15) kts at times (30)kts.

SEAS : Rough.

WAVE HEIGHT : (8 - 10)ft.

FORECAST FOR AREAS BETWEEN LAT. 16.5°N – 20.5°N AND LONG. 92°E

WEATHER : Partly cloudy.

VISIBILITY : (5) nautical miles.

SURFACE WIND : North or Northeast (5 - 10) kts at times (20)kts.

SEAS : Slight to moderate.