Bhubaneswar, Oct. 27: The low pressure area formed over the South Andaman Sea, which had developed into a deep depression, will intensify into a cyclonic storm on Monday, the Centre for Environment and Climate (CEC) of SOA Deemed to be University here, said.

It will further intensity into a severe cyclonic storm on Tuesday, Dr. Sarat Chandra Sahu, Director of CEC, said.

The system which was moving in a west- northwesterly direction over the past 12 hours will move in a north-westerly direction from Tuesday and cross the Andhra Pradesh coast south of Visakhapatnam in the night, he said.

After landfall, the system is likely to weaken rapidly and expected to move through Malkangiri district of Odisha towards south Chhattisgarh parallel to the western border of Odisha.

The system could trigger heavy to very heavy rainfall in the Odisha districts of Balangir, Sonepur, Boudh, Bargarh, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda and Sambalpur on Wednesday and Thursday, Dr. Sahu said.

Heavy to very heavy precipitation may also occur in the districts of Malkangiri, Rayagada, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Gajapati, Nuapada, Kalahandi and Kandhamal on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The wind speed is likely to be around 80 to 90 km  per hour at the time of landfall but it will get reduced to 45 to 50 km per hour in the south Odisha districts of Malkangiri, Gajapati, Koraput, Rayagada and Nabarangpur.

Light to moderate rainfall may be experienced in the coastal belt of Odisha accompanied by 25 to 35 km per hour wind on Tuesday, he said.