Cyclone Dana Update: Low Pressure Over BoB Intensifies Into Depression, At 730 km Southeast of Paradip
Bhubaneswar: The low pressure formed over east-central Bay of Bengal has moved west-northwestwards, concentrated into a depression and lay centred over the same region at 5.30 am, about 730 km southeast of Paradip in Odisha, 770 km south-southeast of Sagar Island in West Bengal and 740 km south-southeast of Khepupara in Bangladesh, informed IMD.
This depression is very likely to move west-northwestwards and intensify into a cyclonic storm by Wednesday over east-central Bay of Bengal.
Then it will move northwestwards. As per the forecast, it is very likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm over northwest Bay of Bengal by Thursday morning, which will cross north Odisha and West Bengal coasts between Puri and Sagar Island during Thursday night and Friday morning.
During landfall the cyclonic storm will have a wind speed of 100-110 kmph gusting 120 kmph. During landfall, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack and Jajpur in Odisha will receive heavy rain. The IMD has warned that there will be more than 300 mm of rain and the wind speed is likely to be 100 to 120 kmph.
The wind speed will increase as the potential cyclone approaches the coast. The wind speed will be 55 to 65 kmph and gusts will reach 75 kilometers per hour in the east-central Bay of Bengal on Tuesday evening. The wind speed will increase on Wednesday evening it may be 70 to 90 kmph in the east-central Bay of Bengal. It may increase to 100 kmph.
Puri, Khordha, Dhenkanal, Angul, Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj districts are likely to experience wind speed of 60 to 90 kmph, with a maximum speed of 100 kmph.
In Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Jajpur and Balasore, wind speed is likely to reach 100 to 110 kmph, with a maximum speed of 120 kmph.
In Ganjam, Nayagarh, Boudh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Sundergarh districts, wind speed is likely to reach 50 to 60 kmph, with a maximum speed of 70 kmph.
The weather is likely to change from Tuesday night with heavy rainfall in several coastal Odisha districts.
