VISAKHAPATNAM: A cyclonic storm is currently brewing in Bay of Bengal and is expected to be named Hudhud after an Afro-Eurasian bird by Oman, whose turn it is to name the next cyclone. According to weathermen at the India Meteorological Department (IMD), on Monday the cyclone appeared as a low pressure over the Tenasserim coast and adjoining Andaman Sea and is likely to be concentrated into a depression on October 7 before intensifying into Cyclone Hudhud on October 8. If these predictions are true, Hudhud will be first cyclonic storm over the Bay of Bengal in the 2014 North Indian Ocean Cyclone Season, which is an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formations in the two main seas of the country, the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. According to weathermen, from January 1 this year, a total of five depressions formed over both the seas, apart from two deep depressions and one cyclonic storm Nanauk (name contributed by Myanmar), which formed over the Arabian Sea during the onset of the southwest monsoon in June this year. Confirming the formation of a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, K Seetharam, director, IMD Hyderabad Centre, said that though it is very early to predict the intensity of the cyclone, he said it was certain that the cyclone would form due to the favourable weather conditions. We expect the cyclone to form on October 8 and make a landfall at Odisha on the east coast by October 12. Some parts of north coastal Andhra Pradesh such as Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam are likely to receive a good amount of rainfall during the landfall period, Seetharam added. However, due to the cyclone, the withdrawal of the southwest monsoon would get delayed by nearly five to six days, said Seetharam pointing out that the normal southwest monsoon withdrawal time in both Telangana and AP is October 15, but because of the cyclone it was expected to withdraw only by October 20 or 21 this year. Cyclones influence the withdrawal and onset of monsoon. This time the much-anticipated cyclone is likely to affect the withdrawal of the ongoing southwest monsoon, said a weatherman from the Cyclone Warning Centre (CWC), Visakhapatnam.
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 19:02:15 +0000