Helen dissipated

Helen at last dissipated by crossing coast 12 km SSE of NARASAPUR at 16 Deg 19 Min North & 81 Deg 41 Min East between 1130 hrs IST to 1430 hrs IST


SN     PLACE                     TIME(IST)      LAT   LON   WIND            MSLP                       SLP DROP
01    MACHILIPATINAM     1130           16.1    81.1    315/15KT    1003.7 hPa               [-] 3.7hPa

02   KAKINADA                    1130          16.5     82.0    070/08KT    1009.6hPa               PLUS 1.7hPa

03 MACHILIPATINAM        1430            16.1    81.1    090/18KT    1003.8hPa              [-] 0.7 hPa

04 KAKINADA                     1430             16.5    82.0    110/05KT    1008.1hPa             PLUS 4.0hPa

• As it entered cold water near coast no vertical development is seen. 
• The cloud top temperature was only -17 Deg C
• However lateral cloud formation in the relatively warm ocean current towards East was observed
• Rapid dissipation while crossing occurred