A "well-marked low-pressure area" lay over the southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands and the Andaman Sea, and is very likely to move west-northwestwards and concentrate into a depression, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday. Thereafter, it is very likely to intensify further into a cyclonic storm and reach the west-central Bay of Bengal near the Andhra Pradesh coast around the evening of Monday, November 2.
These circumstances can cause isolated, extremely heavy rainfall in coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam on November 2, and isolated, very heavy rainfall on Tuesday, November 3, the IMD said. According to the weather bureau, isolated, very heavy rainfall is also likely over Odisha on Tuesday, November 3, and Wednesday, November 4.
THE WEEK had earlier reported that Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu should brace for rainfall in the days to come. The regional meteorological department in Tamil Nadu has forecast rain in several parts of the state from November 1 to November 6. Isolated rain with thunderstorms and strong winds gusting up to 30 to 40 km/h can be expected from November 1 to 4.
According to the IMD, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh should also brace for showers as November approaches. Fairly widespread rainfall is likely in Chhattisgarh on Monday and Tuesday. "Isolated heavy rainfall likely over Chhattisgarh during 3rd-4th November. Isolated thunderstorm & lightning likely over East Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha during 31st October-1st November; Chhattisgarh during 31st October-1st November and during 3rd-4th November," the IMD release said.
Speaking about the possibility of rainfall in eastern India, the forecast said, "Isolated to scattered rainfall likely over Gangetic West Bengal and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim during 31st October-3rd November; Jharkhand during 31st October-5th November; Bihar during 31st October-2nd November," the IMD release said.
Meanwhile, in the northeast, scattered rainfall is likely across Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, & Tripura at least until Friday, November 6. Arunachal Pradesh in particular should brace for heavy rainfall on Sunday and Monday, the forecast said.
