Thursday, May 16, 2013

Cyclone "Mahasen" - Moved into Bangladesh !

Mahasen has made into land and has started to dissipate very rapidly.


Cyclone Mahasen strikes Bangladeshi coast ... http://goo.gl/OtczK


Cyclone Mahasen buffets Bangladesh coast, five dead ... http://goo.gl/9q4JC

Cyclonic storm 'Mahasen' hits Bangladesh coastline... http://goo.gl/cQm6b

2:30pm, Visible shot shows convective activity over East,S-E Bangladesh and into W,S-W zones of N-E states in India.


JTWC warning at 2:30pm IST
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POSITION NEAR 23.7N 91.7E.
TROPICAL CYCLONE 01B (MAHASEN), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 53 NM 
SOUTHEASTWARD OF DHAKA, BANGLADESH, HAS TRACKED NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD 
AT 22 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL 
SATELLITE IMAGERY (MSI) REVEALS TC MAHASEN HAS MADE LANDFALL 
NORTHWEST OF CHITTAGONG, BANGLADESH AND IS RAPIDLY FALLING APART AS 
THE SYSTEM HAS BECOME DISORGANIZED. RADAR IMAGERY FROM KOLKATA, 
INDIA ADDITIONALLY SHOWS THE RAPID WEAKENING AS CONVECTION HAS 
SHALLOWED. TC 01B IS FORECAST TO ACCELERATE INTO THE MID-LATITUDE 
WESTERLIES AND TRACK ACROSS NORTHEASTERN INDIA WHILE CONTINUALLY 
WEAKENING AS IT ENCOUNTERS RUGGED TERRAIN AND HIGH (30 TO 40 KNOTS) 
VERTICAL WIND SHEAR. TC 01B WILL DISSIPATE BELOW 35 KNOTS IN THE 
NEXT 12 HOURS DUE TO THESE UNFAVORABLE CONDITIONS.


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