Amaravati: In a recent update, the India Meteorological Department's regional center in Andhra Pradesh announced that the well-marked low-pressure area over the central parts of the north Bay of Bengal has now transformed into a depression and is currently centered there. This depression is expected to further intensify, becoming a deep depression in the near future.

The IMD predicts that the system will move northwestward and is likely to make landfall near Khepupara, Bangladesh, later today. Following that, it will continue its course in a west-northwestward direction across Gangetic West Bengal within the next 24 hours.

Samuel Stella, Director of Amaravati Meteorological Centre, provided details on the current status of the weather system, stating, "As of 0530 hours IST today, August 1, 2023, the well-marked low-pressure area over central parts of the North Bay of Bengal has transformed into a depression and is currently centered near latitude 20.5°N and longitude 91.5°E in the northeast Bay of Bengal. It is approximately 200 km southeast of Khepupara (Bangladesh) and about 430 km east-southeast of Digha (West Bengal)."

Samuel Stella further added, "The depression is expected to intensify further and develop into a deep depression. It will then proceed northwestward, making landfall near Khepupara on the 1st of August. Subsequently, it will continue its west-northwestward movement across Gangetic West Bengal within the next 24 hours."

The forecast highlights the intensification of the depression into a deep depression over the northeast Bay of Bengal. The IMD's alert aims to keep the public informed and prepared for the potential impact of this weather system in the region.

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