Southwest monsoon advances into South Andaman Sea: IMD

The Southwest monsoon superior into the south Andaman Sea on Friday morning, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) stated.
With this, the Southwest monsoon has made an on-time onset over the Andaman Sea.
“In association with the strengthening and deepening of the southwesterly winds, Southwest monsoon has advanced over southwest and southeast Bay of Bengal, south Andaman Sea and Nicobar islands,” the IMD stated in its particular climate replace issued on Friday afternoon.

With the arrival of the monsoon, gentle to average rain is forecast until Sunday over Andaman and Nicobar islands. Squally winds with speeds 40 to 50 km/hr gusting to 60km/hr may blow alongside the southeast Bay of Bengal and south Andaman Sea from Friday onwards, the Met officers stated.
Meanwhile, a low stress space is anticipated to develop over the central and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal and this method is probably to accentuate right into a cyclonic storm by May 26.
“The low pressure system will help the Southwest monsoon as it will strengthen the cross-equatorial flow. This will help the monsoon which is in its advancing phase,” stated Dr Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director normal, IMD.The cyclone, as soon as fashioned, is anticipated to journey in direction of both coasts of Odisha or West Bengal, the place the Met division was warned of heavy rainfall to start from May 25.