Cyclone likely in Bay of Bengal by September 21, rains for AP
Visakhapatnam: A fresh cyclonic circulation is likely to form over Bay of Bengal, around this weekend, said the private weather website Skymet. It is likely to bring rains to Andhra Pradesh for a week. Unlike the previous two systems, which activated the monsoon rains over the eastern and northern parts, the likely system will take the weather activity to the central parts.
Good rains are likely to span across a large swathe of central states, right from the east coast to the western shore. The weather activity may last for about six to seven days, during the last week of this month.
A broad east-west trough is likely over central BoB, as early as on Friday. This may turn into a cyclonic circulation over the same area, the next day. The circulation will become more organized and also come closer to the coast on September 22. There lies a chance for a low-pressure area forming which will move inland the next day, on September 23. The system will nearly head westward, traversing a large stretch from Odisha Coast to Gujarat and Konkan.
The weather activity will start as early as September 21. The scale and extent will increase on September 22d and 23. The activity will gain momentum and increase spread on September 24 and 25. The intensity and coverage will further grow, before the weekend, on September 26 and 27.
The system will cover the states of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana and Gujarat. The peripheral effect may also reach parts of Karnataka in the south and out of East Rajasthan in the west. The southwest monsoon which normally withdraws from a large portion of Gujarat, East Rajasthan and parts of West and North Madhya Pradesh by September 30, may be put on hold and retreat may roll over to October.
