on 3 august, a low pressure area formed over the bay of bengal under the influence of an upper air cyclonic circulation. the system slowly intensified into a depression the following day while being located inland over midnapore. the depression moved further inland, underwent intensification and was upgraded to a deep depression the same day. the storm moved further westwards and weakened into a depression on august 5, and was last noted as a well marked low pressure area on august 7 over northwestern madhya pradesh.