Thursday, November 21, 2013

Helen - Heavy rain along N-central Andhra coast, No weakening seen yet, 190km S-S-E of Kakinada

At 5:30pm, Cyclone HELEN has not shown any weakness, it has drifted to West now.
Pressure around 978 mb
Winds reaching to 135 kmph.

Latest RADAR shows, Rain have pushed into N-central,central Andhra coast.
6:40pm, Now it is around 195 km from Machilipatnam to Kakinada coast.

Satellite IR at 6pm, shows major Cloud mass has started to push into Machilipatnam to Kakinada coast.


JTWC, NAVGEM expects the system to drift W-S-W in next 12hrs and make landfall near Machilipatnam, on noon of Friday.
But the Cyclone may push West or W-N-W from now on, and make landfall along Mahilipatnam to Kakinada coastline in next 12hrs.

Dangerous next 18hrs ahead for people and properties along central Andhra coast. 

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