The anxiety over the Bay of Bengal has actually heightened into a deep anxiety and lay 250 km east of Visakhapatnam on Thursday.
The deep anxiety over west main and adjacent Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 17 kmph and lay centred over the exact same area by 5:30 am today near latitude 17.7 degrees north and longitude 85.7 degrees east.
“The deep depression over westcentral and adjoining northwest Bay of Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 17 kmph and lay centered at 5:30 am today over the same region…250 km east of Visakhapatnam,” stated journalism release.
It is likely to continue to move north-northwestwards and cross Odisha and adjacent Andhra Pradesh coasts in between Gopalpur and Paradip throughout October 2 night.
The Met Department anticipated moderate thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and squally winds rising to 60 kmph, in addition to heavy rain in the majority of locations over Srikakulam, Parvatipuram Manyam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam and Anakapalli districts.
The Met Department forecasted light thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds with speeds up to 40 kmph and moderate rains at lots of locations over Kakinada, Dr BR Ambedkar Konaseema, East Godavari, West Godavari, Eluru, NTR, Krishna, Guntur, Palnadu, Bapatla, Prakasam and Nellore districts and Yanam.