New Delhi, Oct. 24 -- West Bengal is likely to experience rain, thunderstorms and gusty winds from October 27 as a low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal is expected to intensify into a cyclonic storm, according to the IMD.
The system is likely to develop into a deep depression on October 25 and intensify into a cyclonic storm over the west-central Bay of Bengal by the morning of October 26. Moving west-northwestwards, it is expected to approach the Andhra Pradesh coast around October 28.
South Bengal is likely to remain mainly dry until the morning of October 27. Thereafter, light to moderate rain or thundershowers are forecast in East and West Midnapore, North and South 24-Parganas, Kolkata, Howrah and Hooghly. Gusty winds of 30-40 kmph may affect isolated places in South 24-Parganas, East and West Midnapore and Jhargram.
Rainfall is expected to intensify on October 28, with heavy showers of 70-110 mm likely at isolated places in South 24-Parganas, East and West Midnapore and Jhargram. Gusty winds of 40-50 kmph are also forecast.
On October 29, isolated heavy rainfall is likely in East and West Midnapore, Jhargram, Bankura and Purulia, accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds.
The IMD has warned of squally winds along and off the West Bengal coast from October 27, with the system likely to influence weather conditions across the state until October 30.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.