Remember Cyclone Asani? It Never Formed In March; Will It Form In The Coming Days?

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.

Also read: https://odishabytes.com/is-cyclone-brewing-high-chances-of-cyclogenesis-in-next-96-120-hours-says-imd/