Southwest Monsoon likely to advance into South Andaman Sea by May 13

Amaravati, May 11 -- The Southwest Monsoon is very likely to advance into the South Andaman Sea, some parts of the Southeast Bay of Bengal, and the Nicobar Islands around May 13.

According to the Meteorological Centre here on Sunday, the monsoon is expected to further advance over parts of the south Arabian Sea, Maldives & Comorin area, more parts of the South Bay of Bengal, the entire Andaman & Nicobar Islands, the Andaman Sea, and parts of the central Bay of Bengal during the subsequent four to five days.

In its daily weather report, the Centre stated that a north-south trough from Marathwada to the Gulf of Mannar across interior Karnataka and Tamil Nadu at 0.9 km above mean sea level persists.

Additionally, the upper air cyclonic circ...