DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY AND HYDROLOGY (MYANMAR)

 

23-2-2025: Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy over the Andaman Sea and Southeast Bay and a few cloud elsewhere over the Bay of Bengal.

Myanmar Daily Weather Report

Friday, March 18, 2022 - 07:45

Myanmar Daily Weather Report

(Issued at 7:00 am Friday 18th March, 2022)

 

BAY INFERENCE: According to the observations at (05:30)hrs M.S.T today, the low pressure area over Southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining Equatorial Indian Ocean still persists. It islikely to move East-Northeastwards and lies over Southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining South Andaman Sea and move to the Northwards near Andaman Sea, Nicobar Islands and Coco-Island, intensify into a Depression at (20.3.2022) and a Cyclonic Storm at (21.3.2022). It may continue to move North-Northeastwards and reach near Bangladesh and Rakhinecoast of Myanmar at (22.3.2022).Weather is cloudy over the Andaman Sea and SouthBay and generally fair elsewhere over the Bay of Bengal.

FORECAST VALID UNTIL EVENING OF THE 18th March, 2022: Weather will be partly cloudy in Sagaing, Mandalay Regions, Kachin and Chin States. Rain or thundershowers will be fairly widespread  in Taninthayi Region and Scattered in (Northern and Eastern)Shan, Kayin and Mon States and isolated in the remaining Regions and States. Degree of certainty is (80%).

STATE OF THE SEA: Squalls with moderate to rough seas are likely at times Gulf of Mottama, off and along Mon-Taninthayi Coasts. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach (30-35)m.p.h. Sea will be moderate elsewhere in Myanmar waters. Wave height will be about (7–9) feet in Gulf of Mottama, off and along Mon- Taninthayi Coasts and about (5-7) feet in Deltaic, off and along Rakhine Coasts.

OUTLOOK FOR SUBSEQUENT TWO DAYS:  Likelihood of  fairly widspread to widespread rain or thundershowers in Naypyitaw, Magway, Bago, Yangon, Ayeyarwady, Taninthayi Regions and Shan, Rakhine, Kayah, Kayin and Mon States.

FORECAST FOR NAYPYITAW AND NEIGHBOURING AREA FOR 18th March, 2022:  Likelihood of isolated rain or thunder showers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

FORECAST FOR YANGON AND NEIGHBOURING AREA FOR 18th March, 2022:       Likelihood of isolated rain or thunder showers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

FORECAST FOR MANDALAY AND NEIGHBOURING AREA FOR 18th March, 2022:   Partly cloudy.