The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has reported that a low-pressure area over the southwest Bay of Bengal, adjoining south Sri Lanka, and the equatorial Indian Ocean continues to persist. The system is expected to intensify over the next 24 hours while moving westwards, before turning west-northwestwards over the following day. It is accompanied by scattered to broken low and medium clouds with embedded convection across the southwest and west-central Bay of Bengal, the Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh coasts, west Sri Lanka, and the adjoining equatorial Indian Ocean.
Currently, the system has an estimated central pressure of around 1006 hPa, with maximum sustained winds of 20–25 knots, gusting up to 35 knots. Sea conditions are reported to be rough to very rough over the Andaman Sea, the Strait of Malacca, and around the Nicobar Islands, as well as adjoining areas of Malaysia, western Indonesia, and Thailand.
If the system strengthens into a cyclonic storm, it will be named ‘Senyar’, meaning “lion,” a name contributed by the United Arab Emirates in the North Indian Ocean rotating cyclone naming list. According to IMD protocols, a cyclone is named only when a deep depression intensifies into a cyclonic storm, and ‘Senyar’ is next in line for the current roster.
