Bhubaneswar: Remember Cyclone Asani?
Well, it hasn’t formed yet.
Had the low pressure that formed over the Bay of Bengal in March this year intensified into a cyclonic storm, it would have been called Cyclone Asani, or ‘Wrath’ in Sinhala, a name given by Sri Lanka.
As the low pressure churned over the seas, it had raised the possibility of a cyclonic storm in the Indian Ocean in the month of March after almost two decades.
But the well-marked low pressure that brewed in March only intensified into a depression and then into a deep depression. It never intensified into a cyclonic storm.
Which means, the cyclonic circulation that is now brewing over the Bay of Bengal, if it eventually intensifies into a cyclonic storm, it will be named Cyclone Asani.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday said that the chances of cyclogenesis (formation of a depression) over South Andaman Sea and its neighbourhood in the Bay of Bengal in the next 96-120 hours were ‘high’.
A low-pressure area is likely to form over the same region around May 6. It is likely to become more marked during the subsequent 24 hours.
ଉପଗ୍ରହ ଦ୍ୱାରା ମହାକାଶରୁ ଉତ୍ତୋଳନ ହୋଇଥିବା ପାଣିପାଗ ସମ୍ଭନ୍ଧୀୟ ବର୍ତମାନର ଚିତ୍ର pic.twitter.com/IG7TrKLveU
— Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar (@mcbbsr) May 4, 2022
