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The monsoon progress is a bit slow. Normal date of arrival for this region is 22nd of May. Last year, it was before time by a good margin. Going by the normal, the southwest monsoon reaches Sri Lanka and deep in to Myanmar on 26th of May.

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) in its special cyclone bulletin on Tuesday said a low-pressure area over Southeast Bay of Bengal (BoB) and adjoining South Andamans sea has intensified into a well-marked low at midnight on 8th May over the same area.

A broad cyclonic circulation is likely to form over Southeast BoB and South Andaman Sea on 05th May. This feature will get organised and is expected to percolate to the ocean surface as a low-pressure area around 06-07 May.

The next cyclonic storm forming in the Indian Seas will be named 'Mocha'. Southeast BoB and the Andaman Sea need to be kept under observation for the next 3 days. More authentic information on the track and intensity of the likely storm may have to wait for 72 hours.

Bhubaneswar: A cyclonic circulation is likely to develop over Southeast Bay of Bengal around 6th May, 2023. Under its influence, a low pressure area is likely to form over same region around 7th May. It is likely to concentrate into a depression over

Moderate to light rain and thundershowers will stay across all the 5 subdivisions of northeast monsoon between 19th and 23rd Dec. Northeasterlies stream appear to be flattening thereafter and the weather conditions are expected to improve around Christmas.

Under the influence of this system, all 5 sub divisions of northeast monsoon namely, Tamil Nadu, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema, South Interior Karnataka and Kerala will experience wet spell between 18th and 23rd Dec.

The IMD has predicted heavy rain in Tamil Nadu on December 8 and has issued a red alert for 13 districts.

Entire coastline of Tamil Nadu from Chennai to Tuticorin, Puducherry & Karaikal and South Coastal Andhra Pradesh need to go on alert for hazardous weather conditions between 07th and 10th December 2022, with an adverse peak on 08th Dec.

This will be the 2nd cyclone of northeast monsoon season, after Sitrang in late October, which struck Bangladesh. State of Tamil Nadu need to go on alert and the preparatory time be gainfully utilised to meet the challenge of stormy conditions between 06th and 08th Dec.