The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a warning about the possible brewing of a cyclonic storm in the Arabian Sea. The weather update from IMD on Monday highlighted that a low-pressure area is likely to develop over the southeastern and adjoining east-central Arabian Sea in the next 48 hours.
As per the PTI reports, IMD stated that October to December is among the favourable periods for the development of cyclones in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea due to warmer ocean temperatures. ALSO READ | Mumbai Cyclone Alert! City Likely To Be Hit By Storm Brewing In Arabian Sea! A Low-Pressure Area Might Form By Tonight-REPORTS
The tropical storm forming in the Indian Seas is being identified as ‘Tej’, according to a formula followed for naming cyclones in the Indian Ocean region.
"A low-pressure area has formed over Southeast and adjoining East central Arabian Sea in the morning of 18th October. To move West-Northwestwards and intensify into a Depression around 21st October," the weather office wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter).
Currently, the possibility of the system intensifying into a cyclonic storm is not notably high.
To note, cyclones in the Arabian Sea have a history of uncertain tracks and timelines, according to Skymet Weather. Once the cyclones are over the central parts of the Arabian Sea, their preferred track is towards Somalia, the Gulf of Aden, Yemen, and Oman.
However, on a few occasions these cyclones have taken a detour and headed towards the Gujarat and Pakistan coastline, Skymet said.
Speaking of Cyclone Tej, it is likely to move west-northwards and under its influence, a low-pressure area is likely to form over central parts of the Bay of Bengal around October 20.
Mumbai, on Wednesday, recorded a maximum temperature of 36.4 degrees Celsius, the highest mercury level in the month of October so far this year. Owing to the rising temperatures in several parts of Mumbai, IMD has predicted moderate rainfall, accompanied by thunder and lightning in some parts of Kerala for the next five days due to the cyclonic circulations which it said were expected to gather strength by October 21.
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