IMD predicts heavy rain as pressure intensifies over Bay of Bengal

The India Meteorological Department on Friday alerted that the pressure over the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a deep depression.

It tweeted, “Pressure over northwest & adjoining north-east Bay of Bengal intensified into a deep depression & centered at 1130 hrs today around 200 km East-Southeast of Balasore & 130 km East-southeast of Digha . To cross the coast of Balasore and Sagar Islands by this evening.

He further cautioned that heavy to very heavy rains are likely in many states in the next few days.

Check out the full forecast here:

Very widespread/ widespread light/moderate rainfall with isolated heavy falls and thundershowers/lightning very likely over Odisha on 19th, 20th & 23rd; West Bengal and Sikkim on the 19th; Jharkhand and Telangana on 19th and 20th; Chhattisgarh and East Madhya Pradesh during 19th-21st; Vidarbha on 20th and 21st; West Madhya Pradesh and Konkan and Goa during 20-22 d; East Rajasthan during 20-23 th; West Rajasthan on 22nd and 23rd; Madhya Maharashtra during 19th-22nd; During Gujarat region on 21-23 August and Saurashtra and Kutch on 23 August

Heavy to very heavy rainfall likely over Odisha, Jharkhand and Vidarbha on 20th; East Madhya Pradesh and East Rajasthan, Konkan and Goa and Madhya Maharashtra in the 21st Gujarat region on 21st and 22nd and West Rajasthan on 23rd August,

There is a possibility of heavy rain in North Odisha, South-West Gangetic West Bengal and South-East Jharkhand on 19th; North Chhattisgarh and East Madhya Pradesh on 20th, West Madhya Pradesh on 21st August and East Rajasthan on 22nd August

Very widespread/ widespread light/moderate rainfall with isolated heavy falls and thunderstorm/lightning very likely over Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on 19th and 20th. Scattered/very widespread light/moderate rainfall with isolated heavy falls and thunderstorm/lightning likely over North Haryana and Chandigarh; Eastern Uttar Pradesh on 19th and 20th and western Uttar Pradesh on 20th August.

Isolated/very widespread light/moderate rainfall with very light rain and thundershowers very likely over Assam & Meghalaya on 19th & 20th August and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura on 19th, 20th & 23rd August.

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