Myanmar Daily Weather Report

(Issued at 7:00 am Monday 7th January, 2019)

BAY INFERENCE: According to the observations at (05:30)hrs M.S.T today, the Deep Depression over the Southeast Bay of Bengal has moved Northwestwards. It is centred at about (130) miles Southwest of Coco Island,  (255) miles Southwest of Hainggyigyun (Myanmar) and (65)miles Northwest of Port Blair (India). Weather is a few cloud over the North Bay and Westcentral Bay and  partly cloudy to cloudy over the Andaman Sea and elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

FORECAST VALID UNTIL AFTERNOON OF THE 7th January, 2019: Rain or thundershowers will be fairly widespread in (Southern and Eastern)Shan and Kayah States, scattered in  Bago, Yangon, Ayeyarwady and Taninthayi Regions, Northern Shan, Kayin and Mon States and isolated in Naypyitaw, Mandalay and Magway Regions and Rakhine State. Degree of certainty is (80%). Weather will be partly cloudy in the remaining Regions and States.

STATE OF THE SEA: Occassional Squalls with rough seas will be experienced Deltaic, Gulf of Mottama, off and along Mon –Taninthayi Coasts. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach (40) m.p.h. Sea will be moderate elsewhere in Myanmar waters. Wave height will be about (8-10) feet in Deltaic, Gulf of Mottama, off and along Mon –Taninthayi Coasts and about (4-7) feet off and along Rakhine Coasts.

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

FORECAST FOR NAYPYITAW, YANGON, MANDALAY AND NEIGHBOURING AREA FOR 7th January, 2019: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree of certainty is (80%).