Remnant Of Typhoon WHIFA To Enter Bay Of Bengal: Low Pressure Area Likely To Form
Typhoon ‘WHIFA’ earlier struck Hong Kong and the South China Coast on Sunday. The severe storm moved over the Gulf of Tonkin on Monday and struck North Vietnam today. The frictional effects due to land interaction weakened the typhoon to a tropical storm, which has now crossed the North Vietnam coastline. The storm is heading westward and will move across Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar over the next two days. The storm has weakened due to entrainment and large vertical wind shear. Still, the cyclone is marked as a well-defined low-level circulation, albeit a bit ragged. It will weaken rapidly and is likely to become a depression over North Laos and further get downgraded to a well-marked low-pressure area over Myanmar.
The weakened storm ‘Whilfa’ will continue moving westward and is likely to enter the Northeast Bay of Bengal on 24th July 2025. The low-pressure area will form and get positioned over the North Bay of Bengal the same day. The system is likely to get organized and intensify into a depression in the subsequent 24 hours. The monsoon depression is expected to cross the coastline anytime between 25th and 26th July 2025. Thereafter, the system will track along the eastern and central parts of the country.
The convergence zone of the circular winds will lie far ahead of the center of the system. The weather activity will start on 23rd July itself and increase in scale and spread the next day, on 24th July. Under the influence of the low-pressure area, rain and thundershowers will lash the states of Odisha, West Bengal, North Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, East Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, and North Telangana on 23rd and 24th July 2025. The intense rainfall belt will cover eastern, central, and northern parts of the country in a staggered manner. Since the model accuracy goes low in confidence after about four days, the system will be observed closely and the forecast updated accordingly. The track and timelines of the system will be more authentic after the low-pressure area evolves over the North Bay of Bengal.
