Vibha Sharma

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 19

As Tauktae weakens, a low pressure area appears to be building in the Bay of Bengal.

According to the IMD website, the LPA is likely to form in the east-central Bay of Bengal around May 23. 

However, there is still no official confirmation from the IMD here whether the low pressure area will subsequently take the shape of a super cyclone like Amphan that made a landfall in West Bengal last year, though some reports suggest that it might intensity.

The impact of the extremely severe cyclone Tauktae and the prevailing Westen Disturbance in north India will be witnessed in the plains on May 19 night and May 20 morning. The IMD has forecast "gusty winds 30 to 40 kmph and heavy rainfall towards late night and morning of May 20”.

The remnant of the Tauktae weakened into a depression and lay centred at 0530 hours on May 19 near latitude 24.3°N and longitude 73.3°E over south Rajasthan and adjoining Gujarat region, about 60 km west-southwest of Udaipur (Rajasthan) and 110 km east-northeast of Deesa (Gujarat region).

It is very likely to move north-eastwards and weaken gradually into a well-marked low pressure area during the next 12 hours. The remnant of the system is very likely to move further northeastwards across Rajasthan to west Uttar Pradesh during the next two days, the IMD said in its latest bulletin.