The deep depression over eastcentral Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards in past 06 hours and lay centred at 0530 hrs IST of 25 th October, 2016 over eastcentral Bay of Bengal, near Latitude 16.9º N and Longitude 91.7º E, about 540 km north-northwest of Port Blair and 470 Km west-southwest of Yangon. The system is very likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm during next 12 hours. It will move initially west-northwestwards and then west to west-southwestwards towards westcentral Bay of Bengal during next 72 hours.