As the remains of Tropical Cyclone Jal swirled off Mumbai, the atmosphericsetting over the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday showed potential for deliveringanother cyclone in India, as reported earlier by AccuWeather.com.Weak low pressure marking the leftovers of Jal was located off western Indianear the state of Gujarat as of Tuesday. A small chance of this weather systemregaining tropical cyclone status before drifting ashore was foreseen. It willreach land in Gujarat within about another two days.
Likely impact would be to bring out-of-season rain to western India and evensouthernmost Pakistan.
Remains of Jal off western India; newsystem near southern Thailand (Credit: India Met. Dept.)Meanwhile, as of Tuesday, disturbed weather was centered near the MalayPeninsula of southern Thailand, where up to 8 inches of rain fell within 24hours on the island of Samui.
Indications are that this area will shift west to the Andaman Sea during thenext few days. Consolidation into a tropical depression and even a tropicalcyclone could happen by the end of the week in the area of the Andaman andNicobar islands. Movement would then be westward to the open Bay of Bengal.
Any direct cyclone strike upon the east coast of India would not happen untilearly to middle next week. At this time, flooding rain and damaging winds couldresult.
By Jim Andrews, Senior Meteorologist
