The well-marked low pressure location over southeast Bay of Bengal heightened into a depression on the early morning of Might 16, laying centred around 1,100 km south of Paradip in Odisha, the MeT department stated.
The system, which is around 1,250 km south of Digha in West Bengal and 1,330 km south-southwest of Khepupara in Bangladesh, is likely to intensify quickly into a cyclonic storm by the evening of Might 16 and after that into an extreme cyclonic storm during the subsequent 24 hours, Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre Director H.R. Biswas stated.
Thereafter, it is most likely to move north-northwestwards at first till Might 17 and after that re-curve north-northeastwards throughout northwest Bay of Bengal towards West Bengal coast in between May 18 and 20, he said.
Under its effect, coastal Odisha is most likely to experience light to moderate rainfall with heavy rain in isolated places in the evening of May 18 and heavy to very heavy rain at a couple of places on May 19, Mr. Biswas stated.
He said isolated heavy rains is likely to happen over northern Odisha coast on Might 20.
Coastal districts of Gangetic West Bengal are most likely to experience light to moderate rainfall with heavy rain at a couple of places on May 19 and heavy to really heavy rain in some parts of the area on May 20, Mr. Biswas said.
Fishermen have been adv