Bengaluru weather: Will Cyclone Fengal bring rain to Bengaluru? Here's what IMD says

A deep depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a cyclone by Wednesday and move towards Tamil Nadu, skirting the Sri Lankan coast, over the subsequent two days, the India Meteorological Department has said.

The deep depression was centred about 310 km southeast of Trincomalee, 710 km south-southeast of Puducherry, and 800 km south-southeast of Chennai as of 8.30 am on Tuesday. "It is very likely to continue moving north-northwestwards and intensify further into a cyclonic storm on November 27. Thereafter, it will continue to move north-northwestwards towards the Tamil Nadu coast, skirting the Sri Lanka coast during the subsequent two days," the IMD said.

But will it bring rain to Bengaluru?


Accordig to IMD, the city will see cloudy sky and haze on Tuesday and Wednesday. The temperature is likely to be around 24 and 18 deg cel respectively on Tuesday and around 24 and 19 deg cel respectively the next day.

Bengaluru and a few other districts are also likely to experience rainfall on November 26 and 27.

Dr N Puviarasan, a scientist at IMD, told Bengaluru Mirror that due to the cyclone, moderate rain or thundershowers are predicted in isolated places across districts such as Kolar, Chamarajanagar, Chikkaballapura, Bengaluru Rural, Bengaluru Urban, Ramanagara, Mandya, Mysuru, Tumakuru, Kodagu, and Hassan on November 26 and 27.

Dry weather is expected to prevail in Coastal Karnataka, North Interior Karnataka, and the remaining districts of South Interior Karnataka. "Until then, Bengaluru is expected to experience a generally cloudy sky with fog or mist during early morning hours in some areas. The city’s maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to hover around 26°C and 18°C, respectively," Bengaluru Mirror reported.

Meanwhile, meteorologists have predicted ‘harsh’ winter ahead.

CS Patil, Director of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) Bengaluru, told Mirror that this year’s colder conditions are primarily attributed to the lower-than-normal surface temperatures of the Pacific Ocean, a phenomenon known as La Niña.