Dikhyaa Mohanty 
According to Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre scientist Uma Shankar Das, the deep depression over Westcentral Bay of Bengal is expected to intensify into a cyclonic storm by Friday morning.
He, however, said that the possible cyclone will have no impact on Odisha. “There is every likelihood that the deep depression would intensify into a cyclonic storm. There will not be much impact on Odisha as the system has started to recurve. As deep depression system prevails, cloudy weather conditions will prevail in the state. Intense heavy rainfall may occur in Kendrapada and Jagatsinghpur today. Neighbouring districts are also likely to experience rainfall,” Das added.
“Yesterday’s depression over Westcentral Bay of Bengal moved north-northeastwards with a speed of 17 kmph during past 6 hours, intensified into a deep depression and lay centred at 8.30 am over the same region, about 390 km east-southeast of Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 320 km south-southeast of Paradip (Odisha), 460 km south-southwest of Digha (West Bengal) and 610 km south-southwest of Khepupara (Bangladesh). It is likely to continue to move north-northeastwards, intensify further into a cyclonic storm during next 24 hours and cross Bangladesh coast between Mongla and Khepupara with wind speed of 55-65 kmph gusting to 75 kmph by early hours of November 18,” the MeT office said.
