Thursday, November 15, 2007

"sidr" latest, tracking and forecast

-- From IMD
The very severe cyclonic storm “SIDR” over eastcentral and adjoining westcentral Bay of Bengal moved further northwards and lay centred at 0830 hours IST of today, the 15th November 2007 over eastcentral and adjoining westcentral and north Bay of Bengal near Lat. 18.00 N and Long 89.00 E, about 530 km south of Kolkata. It is likely to intensify further and move in a northerly direction. The system with maximum sustained wind speed of 200 kmph is likely to cross West Bengal-Bangladesh coast east of Sagar Island near Long. 89.00 E by today around midnight as the system has shown fast movement during past 3 hrs.
Heavy to very heavy falls at a few places and isolated extremely heavy falls (25 cm or more) likely over coastal districts of
West Bengal during next 48 hours causing floods in low lying areas. Gale winds speed reaching 90-120 kmph
are likely to commence by noon of today, the 15th November 2007 and as the system approaches towards the
coast, the gale wind speed reaching180-200 kmph
likely along and off the West Bengal coast.
Storm Surge warning:
Storm surge of height 6-7 metres above normal astronomical tide is likely over
coastal areas of south 24- Parganas and Midnapore districts at the time of landfall.
Sea condition will be phenomenal. Fishermen of the above areas are advised not to venture into the sea.
-- Latest tracking and forecast from JTWC



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