The India Meteorological Department (IMD), on Saturday, said that the depression over south coastal Odisha, near north Andhra Pradesh, is expected to move westwards and weaken into a well-marked low-pressure area within the next 24 hours.
The IMD noted that the depression moved westwards at 15 kmph speed, and lay centred over the south interior of Odisha during the six hours up to 8:30 am on Saturday.
“It is very likely to continue to move nearly westwards across south Odisha and Chhattisgarh and weaken gradually into a well-marked low-pressure area during the next 24 hours,” the weather office said in a statement.
By 8.30 am, the depression was located 50 km east-northeast of Gunpur, 130 km south of Phulbani in Odisha, and 230 km east of Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh.
The IMD also mentioned that a trough currently extends from the depression over south interior Odisha to Goa, passing across Telangana and north interior Karnataka, between 3.1 km and 4.5 km above mean sea level.
Under the influence of the depression, light thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds reaching up to 40 kmph are expected at one or two places over Parvatipuram, Manyam and East Godavari districts in the next three hours.
Similar weather conditions are also forecast for Srikakulam and Alluri Sitarama Raju districts.
The IMD further noted that an upper-air cyclonic circulation is likely to form over the north Andaman Sea on September 30. Under its impact, a low-pressure area is likely to develop over the north and adjoining central Bay of Bengal around October 1.
