Current Situation
As per morning Bulletin IMD The deep depression over west central & adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal further moved nearly northwards at a speed of 08 Kmph during past six hours and intensified into a cyclonic storm ‘ROANU’, lay centred over west-central Bay of Bengal at 0530 hrs IST of today, the 19th May, 2016 near latitude 15.1º N and longitude 81.4 ºE, about 125km south-southeast of Machilipatnam, about and 350 southwest of Visakhapatnam & 225 km southwest of Kakinada.
The system is likely to move north-northeastwards along and off Andhra Pradesh coast during next 24 hrs and intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm. Subsequently, the system is likely to move northeastwards along & off north Andhra Pradesh and Odisha during next 48 hours.
As per Bulletin Released at 1300 IST The cyclonic storm “ROANU” over westcentral Bay of Bengal moved north Northeastwards at a speed of 15 Kmph during past six hours and lay centred at 0830 hrs IST of today, the 19 may ,2016 near latitude 15.6º N and longitude, about 80 km south-southeast of Machilipatnam, about and 160 southwest of Visakhapatnam & 225 km southwest of Kakinada. The system is likely to continue to move north-northeast wards along and off Andhra Pradesh coast during next 12 hours, thereafter northeastwards. The system is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm by tonight. Continuing moving northeastwards, the system is likely to cross south Bangladesh coast between Khe pupara and Cox’s Bazar in the night of 21st & early morning of 22nd May as a cyclonic storm.