DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY AND HYDROLOGY (MYANMAR)

 

2-5-2024 Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy over the South Andaman Sea and South Bay and a few cloud over the North Andaman Sea and elsewhere over the Bay of Bengal.

Depression News, No.7, 2022

Friday, March 4, 2022 - 22:30

Depression News, No.7, 2022

4th March, 2022 16:00 MST Today

Depression

According to the observations at (15:30)hrs M.S.T today, the Depression over Southwest Bay of Bengal moved north­-northwestwards. It is centered at about (690) Nautical miles West-Southwest of Coco-Island, (790) Nautical miles West-Southwest of Hainggyigyun(Myanmar), (105)Nautical miles East-Northeast of Trincomalee(Sri Lanka), (200) Nautical miles East-Southeast of Nagapattinam, (240)Nautical miles Southeast of Puducherry and (280)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 (9.2) degree North and Longitude (82.8) degree East, centre pressure of depression is (1004) hPa and maximum wind speed near the center is (32) miles per hour at (15:30)hrs M.S.T today.

During next (48) hrs Forecast

The depression is contuinous to move Northwestwards and may further intensify into a Deep Depression during next (9) hours. It is likely to reach coast of Sri Lanka towards north Tamil Nadu Coast during next (48) hours.