Low Pressure to Intensify Into Depression, More Rains for AP

Visakhapatnam: The low-pressure area over southeast Bay of Bengal intensified as a well-marked low-pressure area and is likely to intensify into a depression in the early hours of Wednesday.

The IMD sounded a red alert for two coastal and four Rayalaseema districts and an orange alert for three districts on October 16 in view of the system intensifying into a depression.

The report said parts of the Nellore, Prakasam, Tirupati, Kadapa, Chittoor and Annamayya districts experienced heavy rainfall on Tuesday, leading to waterlogging in many districts and affecting normal life. Konduru in Tirupati district recorded around 5 cm rainfall between 8.30 am and 7 pm on Oct 15, followed by 3.5 cm rainfall in Kovur (Nellore), 3.25 cm in Natham Kandringa (Chittoor), 3.15 cm in Nindra (Chittoor), 3 cm rainfall in Krishnapatnam (Nellore) as per the AP state development planning society.

The IMD forecast that heavy to very heavy rain at a few places with extremely heavy rain at one or two places very likely to over Nellore and Prakasam districts of south coastal Andhra Pradesh (SCAP) and Tirupati, Chittoor, Annamayya and YSR Kadapa districts of Rayalaseema on Wednesday. The weather agency said heavy to very heavy rain is very likely to occur at one or two places over Bapatla, Sri Satya Sai and Anantapur districts and heavy rain fall likely in a few places over West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Konaseema and Kakinada, districts on Wednesday.

The report said the well-marked low-pressure area over the central part of south Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards and lay centered over southwest and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal. It is likely to move west-northwestwards and intensify into a depression over southwest Bay of Bengal on Wednesday (Oct 16). It is likely to continue to move west-northwestwards thereafter and reach near north Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coasts by Thursday (October 17) as a depression.

The report added that parts of the Nellore, Prakasam, Tirupati, Annamayya, Chittoor, Anantapur, Sri Satya Sai and YSR Kadapa districts will experience heavy rainfall on Thursday. Squally weather with wind speed 35 kmph to 45 kmph gusting to 55 kmph is likely to prevail along and off north coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam. Squally weather with wind speed 40 kmph to 50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph is likely to prevail along and off south Andhra Pradesh coast on October 16 and 17. Fishermen are advised not to venture into the sea till October 19.

Kavali in Nellore district recorded the highest rainfall of 15 cm followed by 14 cm in Addanki (Bapatla), 12 cm in Kandukur (Nellore), 10 cm in Kodur (Kadapa).