Myanmar Daily Weather Report
(Issued at 4:00 pm Friday 18th March, 2022)
BAY INFERENCE: According to the observations at (12:30)hrs M.S.T today, the low pressure area over Southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining Equatorial Indian Ocean has moved East-Northeastwards and lies over Southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining South Andaman Sea still persists. It is likely to move East-Northeastwards and 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 Rakhine coast of Myanmar at (22.3.2022). Weather is cloudy over the Andaman Sea and South Bay and generally fair elsewhere over the Bay of Bengal.
FORECAST VALID UNTIL MORNING OF THE 19th March, 2022: Weather will be partly cloudy in Sagaing, Mandalay Regions and Kachin, Chin States. Rain or thundershowers will be fairly widespread in Taninthayi Region, scattered in (Southern and Eastern) Shan, Kayah, Kayin, 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 Deltaic, 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 Deltaic, Gulf of Mottama, off and along Mon- Taninthayi Coasts and about (5-7) feet off and along Rakhine Coast.
OUTLOOK FOR SUBSEQUENT TWO DAYS: Likelihood of fairly widspread to widespread rain or thundershowers in Naypyitaw, Mandalay, Magway, Bago, Yangon, Ayeyarwady, Taninthayi Regions and Shan, Rakhine, Kayah, Kayin and Mon States.
FORECAST FOR NAYPYITAW AND NEIGHBOURING AREA FOR 19th March, 2022: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.
Degree of certainty is (60%).
FORECAST FOR YANGON AND NEIGHBOURING AREA FOR 19th March, 2022: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.
Degree of certainty is (60%).
FORECAST FOR MANDALAY AND NEIGHBOURING AREA FOR 19th March, 2022: Partly cloudy.
WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR WEEKEND: Rain or thundershowers will be scattered in Naypyitaw, Mandalay Regions and fairly widespread in Yangon Region.