23-1-2026 Weather is generally fair over the North Bay, a few cloud over the Andaman Sea and Eastcentral Bay and partly cloudy elsewhere over the Bay of Bengal.

Depression News, No.2, 2026

Wednesday, January 7, 2026 - 19:15

Depression News, No.2, 2026

    Issued at 19:00 hours M.S.T on 7-1-2026

Depression Condition

According to the observations at 18:30 hrs MST today, the Depression over the Southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining East Equatorial Indian Ocean has move West-Northwest. It is centered at about 645 Nautical miles South-Southwest of Coco- Island (Myanmar), 420 Nautical miles East-Southeast of Trincomalee(Sri Lanka) and 605 Nautical miles Southeast of Puducherry(Sri Lanka).

It does not intend to move towards Myanmar coasts at the present stage and therefore the Depression is coded as yellow stage.

Position of Depression, center pressure and wind

The Depression is located at Latitude 5.1 degree North and Longitude 87.3 degree East, centre pressure of Depression is 1006 hPa and maximum wind speed near the center is 30 miles per hour at 18:30 hrs MST today.

Next 48 hours forecast

  • It is likely to intensify into a Deep Depression during next 24 hours and move West-Northwestwards and may reach over the Southweat Bay of Bengal.