The IMD has said that light to moderate rainfall, thundershower at most places with heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places is very likely over the Nicobar Islands on Friday as a Low-Pressure Area (LPA) in the south-east Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm by March 21. The name of the cyclonic storm Asani is given by Sri Lanka.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has become the first center in the world to introduce pre-genesis track and intensity forecast experimentally at the stage of the LPA over the southeast Bay of Bengal.
After the light to moderate rainfall, thundershower at most places with heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places very likely over the Nicobar Islands on March 18, the IMD said that light to moderate rainfall, thundershower at most places with heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places very likely over Andaman & Nicobar Islands with isolated extremely heavy rainfall likely over the Nicobar Islands on March 19.
