STH Storm watch: Depression over North Andaman sea

"The low pressure area over north Andaman sea and neighbourhood intensified into a depression over north Andaman sea lay centred at 0830 Hours IST near Lat. 12.0°N & Long. 96.0°E. It would intensify into deep depression and further cyclonic storm by tomorrow. It would move in west­-northwestwards towards north Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coast during next 72 hours." 
(Source : IMetD)

Futher updates will follow.

Rohan Rao,
Kalimpong,
Dist-Darjeeling,
Email: rohan.rao1313@gmail.com

STH stormwatch : The newborn gets a name - "Cyclone NILAM"

At a time when the world news is being dominated by the Superstorm SANDY making landfall on the eastern seaboard of the USA, a storm which STH first reported on 26Oct2012 has now intensified to a full blown cyclone and has been given a name today (Viz Cyclone NILAM).
NILAM therefore, is the first cyclone in the Bay of Bengal in 2012.
You can read more about naming of Cyclones (Hurricanes or Typhoons) here

Praful Rao