A low-pressure area brewing over the southwest Indian Ocean is expected to intensify into a cyclone by early next week with forecasts suggesting that it may move towards Bangladesh and adjoining north Myanmar, the weather office said on Wednesday. The low-pressure area (LPA), which was formed on Tuesday, was expected to move east-northeastwards and become a well-marked LPA by Saturday and subsequently move along and off Andaman & Nicobar islands before intensifying into a depression, the India Meteorological Department said.
The weather system was expected to further intensify into a cyclonic storm on March 21 and continue to move north-northwestwards till March 22. Once the system intensifies into a cyclone, it will be named Asani, which is a name suggested by Sri Lanka. "Thereafter, it will move north-northeastwards and reach near Bangladesh and adjoining north Myanmar coast by the morning of March 23," the weather office said. Sea condition is very likely to become rough over the southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining south Andaman Sea on Thursday and Friday.
The weather office has advised fishermen not to venture into central parts of the South Bay of Bengal and adjoining the Equatorial Indian Ocean on Wednesday and into the southeast Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea area on Thursday and Friday. It has also advised fishermen not to venture into the Andaman Sea and along and off Andaman and Nicobar Islands between Saturday and Tuesday.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands are expected to experience squally winds on Sunday which were likely to intensify to gale winds with speeds reaching 70-80 km per hour, gusting to 90 kmph the next day.
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