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Cyclone “Tauktae”MOVE NORTH-NORTHEASTWARDS AND WEAKEN GRADUALLY INTO A DEPRESSION DURING NEXT 12 HOURS
According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD): (TIME OF ISSUE: 2125 HOURS IST, DATED: 18.05.2021, INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT)
| DATE/TIME (IST) OF OBSERVATION | BASED ON 18-05-2021 (2030 HRS IST) |
| LOCATION LATITUDE/LONGITUDE | THE CYCLONIC STORM ‘TAUKTAE’ WEAKENED INTO A DEEP DEPRESSION AND LAY CENTRED AT 2030 HRS IST OF 18TH MAY 2021 OVER SAURASHTRA, NEAR LAT. 23.6°N AND LONG. 72.6°E, ABOUT 60 KM NORTH-NORTHEAST OF AHMEDABAD. |
| CURRENT INTENSITY NEAR CENTRE | 55-65 KMPH GUSTING TO 75 KMPH |
| PAST MOVEMENT | MOVED NORTH-NORTHEASTWARDS WITH A SPEED OF 23 KMPH DURING PAST 06 HOURS. |
| FORECAST MOVEMENT AND INTENSITY | IT WOULD FURTHER MOVE NORTH-NORTHEASTWARDS AND WEAKEN GRADUALLY INTO A DEPRESSION DURING NEXT 12 HOURS. |
| FORECAST RAINFALL | LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL AT MANY PLACES WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY FALLS AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER GUJARAT REGION ON 18TH MAY. |
| FORECAST WIND SPEED (KMPH) | GALE WINDS SPEED REACHING 50-60 KMPH GUSTING TO 70 KMPH LIKELY TO PREVAIL OVER SURENDRANAGAR, RAJKOT, ANAND, AHMEDABAD: 40-50 KMPH GUSTING TO 60 KMPH OVER AMRELI, BHAVNAGAR, BOTAD, DIU, GIR SOMNATH, JUNAGARH, KHEDA, BHARUCH, JAMNAGAR, PORBANDAR & MORBI DURING NEXT FEW HOURS AND GRADUALLY DECREASE THEREAFTER. DISTRICTS SQUALLY WIND SPEED REACHING 45-55 KMPH GUSTING TO 65 KMPH IS LIKELY TO PREVAIL OVER SOUTH RAJASTHAN FROM THE EVENING OF 18TH TILL 19TH EARLY MORNING. |
| REALISED WEATHER
GUJARAT & DIU | WIND REPORTED AT 2030 HOURS IST OF 18.05.2021: VADODARA: 40 KMPH AND AHEMADABAD: 38 KMPH RAINFALL IN CM (REPORTED DURING 0830 HOURS IST TO 2030 HOURS IST OF 18.05.2021): AHMEDABAD: 11, SURAT:4, BHAVNAGAR:11, VADODARA:8, SURENDRANAGAR:2 |
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