The National Weather Forecasting Centre/Cyclone Warning Division of the India Meteorological Department has come out with the update at 15000 Hrs. IST as follows:
DATE/TIME (IST) OF OBSERVATION | 1430 HRS IST OF 20-05-2020 / 0900 UTC OF 20.05.2020 |
CURRENT LOCATION LATITUDE/LONGITUDE | SUPER CYCLONE AMPHAN CENTRED AT 1430 HRS IST OF TODAY, THE 20TH MAY 2020, AS AN EXTREMELY SEVERE CYCLONIC STORM OVER NORTHWEST BAY OF BENGAL NEAR LAT. 21.40°N AND LONG. 88.1°E, ABOUT: 190 KM EAST-NORTHEAST OF PARADIP. 65 KM EAST-SOUTHEAST OF DIGHA. 35 KM SOUTH OF SAGAR ISLAND. 225 KM SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF KHEPUPARA (BANGLADESH) LANDFALL PROCESS COMMENCED AND FORWARD SECTOR OF THE WALL CLOUD REGION ENTERING INTO LAND IN WEST BENGAL AND LANFALL PROCESS WILL CONTINUE FOR ABOUT 04 HOURS.
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CURRENT INTENSITY NEAR CENTER | 160-170 KMPH GUSTING TO 190 KMPH. |
OBSERVATIONS FROM THE COAST | WIND-SPEED (KMPH): PARADIP-59, CHANDBALI-44, BHUBANESHWAR-15, BALASORE-91, PURI-15 AND GOPALPUR-09 KMPH. KOLKATA-69, DUMDUM-15, DIGHA-50, DIAMOND HARBOUR-20, HALDIA-50, CANNING-36. RAINFALL (IN MM SINCE 08:30 HOURS IST OF 20TH MAY 2020): PARADIP-87.1, CHANDBALI-41.2, BHUBANESHWAR-33.8, BALASORE-48.4, PURI-16.0 AND GOPALPUR-00 MM. KOLKATA-30.4, DUMDUM-27.5, DIGHA-56.4, DIAMOND HARBOUR-14.1, HALDIA-34.8 AND CANNING-11.8 MM. |
PAST MOVEMENT | MOVED NORTH-NORTHEASTWARDS WITH A SPEED OF 20 KMPH DURING PAST 06 HOURS. |
FORECAST MOVEMENT, INTENSITY AND LANDFALL | LANFALL PROCESS WILL CONTINUE FOR ABOUT 04 HOURS. SYSTEM VERY LIKELY TO MOVE NORTH-NORTHEASTWARDS AND CROSS WEST-BENGAL-BANGLADESH COAST BETWEEN DIGHA AND HATIYA CLOSE TO SUNDEBAN DURING LATE AFTERNOON TO EVENING HOURS OF TODAY (1600 HOURS IST ONWARDS) WITH A WIND SPEED OF 155-165 KMPH GUSTING TO 185 KMPH.
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WIND FORECAST FOR COASTAL ODISHA | 100 TO 110 GUSTING TO 125 KMPH ALONG AND OFF JAGATSINGHPUR, KENDRAPARA AND BHADRAK DISTRICTS TILL AFTERNOON AND OVER BALASORE DISTRICT TILL EVENING. |
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