Depression News, No.2, 2025
Issued at 14:00 hours M.S.T on 25-7-2025
According to the observations at 12:30 hrs M.S.T today, the Depression over Northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining West Bengal, India has moved west-northwestwards and crossed West Bengal and adjoining Bangladesh coasts.
Forecast
It is likely continue to move west-northwestwards and cross West Bengal and adjoining North Odisha and Jharkhand during next 24 hours.
Due to the depression and vigorous monsoon over the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal, rain or thundershowers will be fairly widespread to widespread in Naypyitaw, Yangon, Mandalay, Bago, Magway, Sagaing, Ayeyarwady, Taninthayi Regions and Kachin, Kayah, Kayin, Chin, Mon, Rakhine and Shan States with likelihood of isolated heavyfalls in some Regions and States from this afternoon to 28-7-2025.
Frequent squalls with very rough seas will be experienced in Deltaic, off and along Rakhine Coasts. Surface wind speed in squall may reach 45 mph. Wave height will be about 14-16 feet in Deltaic, off and along Rakhine Coasts. Occasional squalls with rough to very rough sea will be experienced in Gulf of Mottama, off and along Mon-Taninthayi Coasts. Surface wind speed in squall may reach 35-40 mph. Wave height will be about 10-14 feet in in Gulf of Mottama, off and along Mon-Taninthayi Coasts.
Advisory
People should be awared the natural disasters such as the heavy rainfall with strong wind, thunder, Lightning strike, lightning, hails, flash flood and landslide in the hilly areas and near small rivers and to make necessary preparations for inland water transport, domestic flight and irrigation dams.
