Depression over Bay of Bengal intensifies into a Deep Depression

The Depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal has intensified into a Deep Depression.  The India Meteorological Department  bulletin says, the weather system is moving closer to Trincomalee in Srilanka now. Its forecast says the weather system is likely to move northwestwards towards the northern Tamil Nadu coast from Saturday. A deep depression in the month of March is a rare phenomenon. The India Meteorology Department in Chennai says that, though the weather system has gained strength to become a Deep Depression, the possibility of it to further intensify into a cyclone is very bleak, as it is expected to lose its steam on its way to the shores.

DD over southwest BOB lay centered at 0830 hrs IST of 5th March 2022, near 11.4°N/82.6°E, about 350 km north-northeast of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka), 310km ENE of Nagappattinam (Tamil Nadu).It is likely to move northwestwards till 5th March evening . pic.twitter.com/rPgt6TLYiT

— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) March 5, 2022

The weather officials say, most of the weather models point to the system dissipating in the sea itself, without crossing the shores. However, they say, there is the possibility of light to moderate rain in northern coastal Tamil Nadu Saturday or Sunday, with heavy rain at isolated places. A deep depression in the month of March in Tamil Nadu and its adjoining areas is a rarity, say the IMD officials, which has been echoed by weather bloggers as well.