Tag: Cyclonic

Very likely to move slowly north-north-westwards and intensify into a Cyclonic Storm by 24th May morning and further into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm during the subsequent 24 hours

According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD): (Time of issue: 2015 HOURS IST, Dated: 23-05-2021, INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT) Depression over eastcentral Bay of Bengal – (Pre-Cyclone watch for Odisha – West Bengal coasts).  The Depression over eastcentral Bay of Bengal moved west-north-westwards with a speed of 5 kmph during past 6 hours and lay centred at 1730 hrs IST of today, the 23rd May, 2021 near latitude 16.2°N and longitude 89.9°E, about 590 km north-northwest of Port Blair (Andaman Islands), 570 km south-southeast of Paradip (Odisha), 670 km south-southeast of Balasore (Odisha) and 650 ... Read more