India, May 9 -- A cyclonic storm may form over the Bay of Bengal this month with chances of heading towards the Odisha coast, a weather model indicated.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) in its North Indian Ocean Extended Range Outlook for Cyclogenesis issued on Thursday said that the NCEP-GFS model is predicting the formation of a low-pressure area over eastcentral Bay of Bengal and adjoining north Andaman Sea around 16th May. Thereafter, the low-pressure system is likely to move northwestwards and intensify into a depression over the same area around 17th May. The model also indicates further intensification of the system into a cyclonic storm by 19th May while moving towards the Odisha coast.

On the other hand, the ECMWF mod...