May 23, New Delhi A strong cyclonic will develop from a low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal and make landfall in Bangladesh and the neighboring beaches of West Bengal.
Remal is the name assigned to this first cyclone of the pre-monsoon season in the Bay of Bengal, in accordance with the Indian Ocean region's cyclone naming system.
According to the IMD on Thursday, a low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal will strengthen and by Sunday evening, it would hit Bangladesh and the nearby shores of West Bengal as a strong cyclonic storm.
This is the first cyclone of the pre-monsoon season in the Bay of Bengal, and it will be called Remal in accordance with the Indian Ocean region's cyclone naming system.By Friday morning, the system would consolidate as a depression over the central Bay of Bengal.
Scientist Monica Sharma of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted that it will further strengthen into a cyclonic storm on Saturday morning and reach Bangladesh and the nearby West Bengal coast as a severe cyclonic storm by Sunday evening.
The IMD predicts that on Sunday, the cyclone's wind speed might reach 102 kilometers per hour.The West Bengal, north Odisha, Mizoram, Tripura, and south Manipur coastal areas are expected to see very heavy rainfall on May 26–27, according to the Met office's warning.
It has been urged that fishermen at sea should go back to land and avoid entering the Bay of Bengal until May 27.Because the seas are absorbing the majority of the surplus heat from greenhouse gas emissions, scientists claim that cyclonic storms are becoming more powerful and lasting longer periods of time.Sea surface temperatures have reached their highest point since records first started in 1880 within the last 30 years.
Senior IMD scientist DS Pai claims that more moisture brought on by increasing sea surface temperatures is conducive to storm intensification.A low-pressure system cannot grow into a cyclone until the sea surface temperature reaches 27 degrees Celsius, according to Madhavan Rajeevan, the former secretary of the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences.
Right now, the Bay of Bengal's sea surface temperature is around 30 degrees Celsius."A tropical cyclone can easily form because the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal are very warm right now," Rajeevan said.However, the atmosphere also has a significant influence on tropical cyclones, particularly when it comes to vertical wind shear, which is the change in wind direction or speed with height.
"If there is a significant vertical wind shear, a cyclone won't become stronger. It will get weaker, added Rajeevan.The senior meteorologist said that models indicate the storm would not have an impact on the monsoon's progression.Pai countered that it may have an impact on how the monsoon develops in certain areas.
"First, the system will help the monsoon progress over the Bay of Bengal," he told PTI. After that, it will separate from the monsoon circulation and draw in a lot of moisture, which can cause the monsoon's advancement in that region to be somewhat delayed.
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