Issued at (18:00) hours MST on 21-10-2024

ACCORDING to the observations at (16:30) hrs MST today, the low-pressure area over Eastcentral Bay of Bangel and adjoin North Andaman Sea has moved west-northwest and intensified into a Well Marked Low-Pressure Area over Eastcentral Bay of Bengal. It is likely to continue to move west-northwestwards and may intensify into a Depression around 22-10-2024 and into a Cyclonic storm over Eastcentral Bay around 23- 10-2024 and may reach to Northwest Bay of Bengal (off Odisha-West Bengal Coasts, India). Thereafter, it is likely to move northwestwards and intensify into a severe Cyclonic Strom and may cross north Odisha and West Bengal coasts between Puri and Sagar Island in early morning 25 October 2024.

Due to the Well Marked Low-Pressure Area, rain or thundershowers are likely to be fairly widespread to widespread in Nay Pyi Taw, Sagaing. Mandalay, Magway, Bago, Yangon, Ayeyawady, Taninthayi Regions and Chin, Rakhine, Kayin and, Mon States with likelihoodof regionally heavyfalls, isolated heavyfalls and strong winds from tonight up to 24 October 2024.

Occassional squalls with rough seas will be experienced off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach 45-50 miles per hour. Wave height will be about 9-13 feet off and along Myanmar Coasts.

Advisory

People should be awared the natural disasters such as the heavy rainfall with strong wind, thunder, lightnings, hails, flash floods and landslides in the hilly areas and near small rivers and inland water transport and domestic flight.

DMH

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