The Depression over Eastcentral and adjoining Southeast Bay of Bengal moved southwestwards with speed of 5 kmph during past 6 hours, intensified into a deep Depression and lay centered at 11:30 a.m. today, over the same region, near Latitude 15.1°N and Longitude 91.0°E, about 420 km north-northwest of Sri Vijaya Puram (Andaman Islands), 870 km east-southeast of Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 960 km east-southeast of Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh), 1060 km east-Southeast of Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh) and 1130 km east of Bapatla (Andhra Pradesh).
It is very likely to move nearly southwestwards, and intensify further into a cyclonic storm over eastcentral & adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal by tomorrow early morning. Then it is very likely to move west-northwestwards over the Eastcentral & adjoining Westcentral Bay of Bengal and intensify into a severe cyclonic storm over westcentral Bay of Bengal around Tuesday (October 27, 2026) morning.
Thereafter, it is very likely to move northwestwards, intensify further into a very severe cyclonic storm and reach Westcentral Bay of Bengal near Andhra Pradesh coast around morning of October 28, 2026. It is very likely to cross Andhra Pradesh & Yanam coasts between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam as a very severe cyclonic storm with the maximum sustained wind speed of 115-125 kmph gusting to 140 kmph by forenoon of 28th October, 2026.
Meanwhile, the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has forecast heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places in Tamil Nadu’s Chennai, northern, delta and western districts.