The deep depression formed in the Bay of Bengal on Thursday is likely to turn into cyclonic storm Midhili in the next 24 hours. According to the latest update from the India Meteorological Department (IMD), it has moved in a north-northeast direction and is currently 320 km south-southeast of Paradip.
Although the weather system will not have any direct impact over Odisha or West Bengal, fishermen are advised not to venture into the sea till November 18 as widespread light to moderate rain with isolated heavy falls is likely. Is.
“The deep depression that formed this morning in the Bay of Bengal has moved in a north-northeast direction. It is about 320 km south-southeast of Paradip. We are expecting this system to intensify into a cyclonic storm in the next 24 hours and It is likely to cross the Bangladesh coast. But, there will be no direct impact on Odisha, although fishermen are advised not to venture into the sea till November 18,” said Met scientist Uma Shankar Das.
Video | “The deep depression that formed this morning in the Bay of Bengal has moved in a north-northeast direction. It is about 320 km south-southeast of Paradip. We are expecting this system to intensify into a cyclonic storm in the next 24 hours and Possibility of crossing… pic.twitter.com/bzN6rGRow3
– Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) 16 November 2023
“The system is likely to continue moving north-northeastwards, further intensifying into a cyclonic storm during next 12 hours and gusting to 60-70 kmph gusting to 80 kmph over Mongla and Khepupara by the morning of November 18. It is likely to cross the Bangladesh coast between 2023 and 2023,” the IMD weather bulletin read.
Once the weather system turns into a cyclonic storm after Friday midnight, it will be named Cyclone Midhili – the name proposed by Maldives.
Midhili will be the second cyclone to hit Bangladesh in less than a month. On October 25, Cyclone Hamun passed near southern Chittagong.
The northern Indian Ocean is known to produce tropical cyclones from October to December, leading to this period being called the post-monsoon cyclone season.
