The Depression over northwest Bay of Bengal remained practicallystationary and lay centred at 1130 hours IST of today, the 20 July2009 near lat. 21.0 0 N and long. 88.50 E, about 120 km southeast ofDigha, 160 km east-southeast of Balasore and 200 km southwest ofKhepupara (Bangladesh). The system is likely to intensify further andmove in a west-northwesterly direction and cross north Orissa – WestBengal; coast between Balasore and Digha today, the 20 July 2009 lateevening / night.
Under its influence, rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavyfalls at a few places and isolated extremely heavy falls (≥ 25 cm) islikely over Orissa during next 24 hrs. Rainfall at many places withisolated heavy to very heavy falls is also likely over Gangetic WestBengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and east Madhya Pradesh during next 48hrs.
Squally winds speed reaching 45-55 kmph gusting to 65 kmph are likelyalong and off Orissa and West Bengal coasts during next 24 hrs. Seacondition will be rough to very rough along and off these coasts.Fishermen are advised not to venture into the sea along and off thesecoasts.
Source: http://www.imd.gov.in/section/nhac/dynamic/cwind.htm
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