Bhubaneswar : The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted the potential formation of a low-pressure area over the southeast Bay of Bengal on October 21.

IMD sources said the developing low‑pressure area will move west‑northwest, heading toward the central and adjoining west‑central Bay of Bengal. However, the IMD, as of the last reports, has not issued anything related to the formation of a deep depression or cyclone.

IMD Scientist Uma Shankar Das taking to his X handle wrote: “A cyclonic circulation is active up to an altitude of 1.5 km in the atmosphere over the South Andaman Sea and the adjacent southeast Bay of Bengal, due to which there is a possibility of the formation of a low-pressure area over the southeast Bay of Bengal by October 21.”

Meanwhile, the ECMWF points

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