Hyderabad, Aug. 27 -- A well-marked low-pressure area over the northwest Bay of Bengal off the Odisha coast persisted at 8:30 am today, the Meteorological Centre said in a special bulletin issued at 1:00 pm.

The associated cyclonic circulation extends up to 7.6 km above mean sea level, tilting southwestwards with height. It is likely to move slowly in a west-northwestward direction across Odisha during the next 24 hours, the bulletin said.

The monsoon trough currently passes through Bikaner, Banasthali, Damoh, Pendra Road, and extends to the centre of the well-marked low-pressure area over the northwest Bay of Bengal, before stretching southeastward into the east-central Bay of Bengal.

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