Friday, October 11, 2013

Category 4, Cyclone Phailin at 11:30am - Outer bands nearing Indian mainland

The Cyclone is now a category 4 storm, and still tracking W-N-W towards Odisha coast.
ADT analysis at 11am suggests, 
     Pressure at around 927mb
     Winds gusting upto 250 kmph
     There's a slight weakening trend seen in ADT analysis.
According to JTWC warning, "MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 5:30am IS 52 FEET"
Massive Sea Swells expected ALL along N-W,N,central,N Bay and dangerous along Odisha coast, N-E Andhra coast during next 36hrs.

Latest models show that the system will continue it's W-N-W track and make landfall between Srikakulam in Andhra and Puri in Odisha.
Landfall is expected to be after noon of 12-Oct and before midnight.

Latest visible satellite shot shows the massive size of the system and it's Eye.

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