Heavy Rains Coming Up For Car Nicobar, Port Blair skymetweather.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from skymetweather.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The monsoon progress is a bit slow. Normal date of arrival for this region is 22nd of May. Last year, it was before time by a good margin. Going by the normal, the southwest monsoon reaches Sri Lanka and deep in to Myanmar on 26th of May.
Bay Islands including Maya Bandar, Long Island, Port Blair, Hut Bay, Car Nicobar and Nancowry are expected to have moderate rainfall accompanied with squally winds. Intense rainfall will remain confined to extreme North Andaman Sea, Gulf of Martaban and Arakan Coast of Myanmar
A cyclonic circulation was persisting over North Andaman Sea and adjoining Northeast Bay of Bengal (BoB) for the last 48hr. Under its influence, a low pressure area formed over the same region. It rapidly strengthened further to a well marked low pressure area.
Heavy to very heavy rains accompanied with squally winds will impact, off and along Arakan Coast for the next 24hr. The intensity will ease out later causing scattered moderate rains tomorrow and minimal effect thereafter on 24thMarch.