Cyclone "03B"

Depression "97B" was termed as a minor tropical cyclone before making landfall at around 6pm IST. And named as "03B".
Getting reports of very heavy rainfall from Kolkata.
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JTWC's final tracking::


JTWC's final warning::
TROPICAL CYCLONE (TC) 03B (THREE) LOCATED 40 NM SOUTH OF KOLKATA,
INDIA, HAS TRACKED NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 12 KNOTS OVER THE PAST 06
HOURS. A 050730Z MET-7 VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGE SHOWS DEEP CONVECTION
OVER THE LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER (LLCC) WITH A BROKEN
CONVECTIVE BAND WRAPPING INTO THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE LLCC. RECENT
DVORAK INTENSITY ESTIMATES FROM PGTW AND KNES INDICATE THE SYSTEM
HAS INTENSIFIED TO 35 KNOTS AT THE CENTER. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO
BE SHORT LIVED AND WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AS LAND INTERACTION
CAUSES THE SYSTEM TO DISSIPATE INLAND. THIS WARNING SUPERSEDES AND
CANCELS REF A, NAVMARFCSTCEN 050021Z SEP 09 TROPICAL CYCLONE
FORMATION ALERT (WTIO21 PGTW 050030). THIS IS THE FINAL WARNING ON
THIS SYSTEM BY THE JOINT TYPHOON WARNING CENTER (NAVMARFCSTCEN). THE
SYSTEM WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED FOR SIGNS OF REGENERATION. MAXIMUM
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 050600Z IS 13 FEET
Latest satellite picture at 10:00 pm IST::

IMD report:: 5:30pm IST:: "depression is over Gengetic West Bengal"

Very heavy rains to continue for west Bengal till morning of 6-Sep-09... Kolkata, brace urself for a wet and flooded sunday morning.

Here's the 22:00 hrs satellite shot, shows massive cloud formation over south west Bengal .. http://ping.fm/85QVq

RT @phcmin: Weather office said depression has left for orssa,it seems it has returned by return flight,Kolkata flooded

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Requesting all Tweeters from Kolkata to capture photos of present Heavy rain and post it to weatherblog@gmail.com . Thanks

Getting very heavy showers in Kolkata.

Latest sat. pic. shows Heavy cloud formations over southern Bengal and moving in Fast .. http://ping.fm/n8wyv

RT @tw_veda: Its horrible raining in kolkata