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A depression formed over the southeast and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal on Sunday, November 15, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) confirmed. The agency forecasts strengthening into a cyclonic storm on November 16 and a severe cyclonic storm on November 17. These are forecasts, not observed storm intensities.
In its national bulletin issued at 10:30 am IST, IMD placed the system about 860 km east-southeast of Chennai at the 5:30 am observation. It was moving north-northwestwards, with sustained winds of 40–50 kmph, gusting to 60 kmph.
Fishing and sea warnings
IMD advised fishermen already at sea to return to the coast by November 15. It advised against venturing into the Andaman Sea and waters along and off the Andaman and Nicobar Islands through November 17; the southwest Bay during November 15–18; and the central Bay during November 16–20.
Rough to very rough conditions are forecast around the islands through November 17. Operators should follow subsequent area-specific marine warnings, rather than treat the system’s current distance from the coast as an assurance of safe conditions.
Rainfall outlook
The bulletin forecasts isolated heavy rainfall over the Andaman and Nicobar Islands through November 16, extending the concern outlined in Saturday’s island weather report. It also forecasts heavy rain over coastal Andhra Pradesh and Odisha on November 18, with heavier spells in parts of those regions later in the week.
This report uses the bulletin’s stated observation and issue times. It does not assign a landfall location or date; subsequent IMD updates may revise the track, intensity and warnings.