STH storm watch : Reporting a low pressure area in the Bay of Bengal (23Jun2013 - 0530h IST)

As a part of STH storm watch we monitor the activity in the Bay of Bengal continuously during the monsoons  so as to forewarn readers and communities about the formation, movement and intensity of weather systems which may affect us.
Today IMD states :

"The low pressure area now lies over Odisha and adjoining areas of northwest Bay of Bengal associated cyclonic circulation extending upto 7.6 km a.s.l. tilting southwestwards with height."

Praful Rao,

Kalimpong