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Low Pressure likely to form over North Andaman sea today

Chennai, Sep 19 (UNI) A Low Pressure area is likely to form over North Andaman sea on Saturday evening and it is likely to intensify gradually in the next 3-4 days.
Met office in an update today said the upper-air cyclonic circulation over north Andaman Sea and neighbourhood persisted over the same region and now extends upto 5.8 km above mean sea level at 0530 hrs of today.
Under its influence, a Low Pressure area is likely to form over the same region around the evening of today, the 19th September, 2026. Thereafter, it is likely to intensify gradually and move west-northwestwards towards south Odisha-north Andhra Pradesh coasts during subsequent 3-4 days.
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