CHENNAI: A third cyclonic storm of the northeast monsoon season may form over the central Bay of Bengal around November 16 and move towards the north Andhra Pradesh-South Odisha coast, bypassing Tamil Nadu once again.If the system intensifies into a cyclone, it may be named Akvan, a name contributed by Iran.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said a low-pressure area formed over the southeast Bay of Bengal at 5.30 am on Friday and lay over the same region at 8.30 am.It is very likely to move northwestwards and become a well-marked low-pressure area by November 14, before intensifying into a depression over the same region around the morning of November 15.The system is then likely to move north-northwestwards and intensify further into a cyclonic storm over the central Bay of Bengal by the evening of November 16.Weather models indicate that it may head towards north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha, keeping Tamil Nadu away from its main rain-bearing region. However, its eventual track remains to be seen.If it takes this route, it would be the third cyclonic storm this season to bypass Tamil Nadu. Earlier, cyclonic storms Arnab and Murasu made landfall along the Andhra Pradesh coast.
