DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY AND HYDROLOGY (MYANMAR)

 

14-5-2024 Weather is a few over the North Bay of Bengal and cloud partly cloud to cloudy over Andaman Sea and elsewhere over the Bay of Bengal.

Depression News, No.2, 2022

Thursday, March 3, 2022 - 20:30

Depression News, No.2, 2022

3rd March, 2022 14:00 MST Today

 

Depression

According to the observations at (12:30)hrs M.S.T today, the low pressure area over Southwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining Equatorial Indian Ocean  moved west­northwestwards  has intensified into a depression. It is centered at about (775) Nautical miles Southwest of Coco-Island, (890) Nautical miles Southwest of Hainggyigyun (Myanmar), (230) Nautical miles South- Southeast of Trincomalee(Sri Lanka), (385) Nautical miles South- Southeast of Nagapattinam, (445)Nautical miles South-Southeast of Puducherry and (490)Nautical miles South-Southeast of Chennai (India).

It is not moving towards Myanmar coasts, the present stage of the depression is coded yellow stage.

Position of depression, center pressure and wind

 Depression is located at Latitude (5.6) degree North and Longitude (83.7) degree East, centre pressure of depression is (1004) hPa and maximum wind speed near the center is (32) miles per hour at (12:30)hour MST today. .

During next (48) hrs Forecast

The depression is contuinous to move Northwestwards and may further intensify into a Deep Depression. It is likely to reach coast of Sri Lanka towards north Tamil Nadu Coast during next 48 hours.