According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD): (TIME OF ISSUE: 1630HOURS IST, DATED: 18.05.2021, INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT)
HOURLY UPDATE ON CYCLONIC STORM ‘TAUKTAE’ OVER SAURASHTRA
| DATE/TIME (IST) OF OBSERVATION | BASED ON 18-05-2021 (1530 HRS IST) |
| LOCATION LATITUDE/LONGITUDE | THE CYCLONIC STORM ‘TAUKTAE’LAY CENTRED AT 1530 HRS IST OF 18TH MAY 2021 OVER SAURASHTRA, NEAR LAT. 22.7°N AND LONG. 72.0°E, ABOUT 190 KM SOUTHWEST OF DEESA,75 KM SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF AHMEDABAD AND 40 KM WEST OF SURENDRANAGAR. |
| CURRENT INTENSITY NEAR CENTRE | 70-80 KMPH GUSTING TO 90 KMPH |
| PAST MOVEMENT | MOVED NORTH-NORTHEASTWARDS WITH A SPEED OF 22 KMPH DURING PAST 06 HOURS. |
| FORECAST MOVEMENT AND INTENSITY | IT WOULD FURTHER MOVE NORTH-NORTHEASTWARDS AND WEAKEN GRADUALLY INTO A DEEP DEPRESSION DURING NEXT 06 HOURS. |
| FORECAST RAINFALL | LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL AT MANY PLACES WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY FALLS AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER GUJARAT REGION AND SAURASHTRA ON 18TH MAY. |
| FORECAST WIND SPEED (KMPH) | GALE WIND SPEED REACHING 80-90 KMPH GUSTING TO 100 KMPH IS LIKELY TO PREVAIL OVER GULF OF KHAMBAT & ADJOINING NORTHEAST ARABIAN SEA DURING NEXT 06 HOURS. IT IS LIKELY TO REDUCE GRADUALLY THEREAFTER. SQUALLY WIND SPEED REACHING 40-50 GUSTING TO 60 KMPH ALONG & OFF EXTREME NORTH MAHARASHTRA COAST DURING NEXT 06 HOURS. GALE WINDS SPEED REACHING 80-90 KMPH GUSTING TO 100 KMPH LIKELY TO PREVAIL OVER AMRELI, BHAVNAGAR, BOTAD, 70-80 KMPH GUSTING TO 90 KMPH OVER SURENDRANAGAR, RAJKOT, ANAND, SOUTH AHMEDABAD: 55-65 KMPH GUSTING TO 75 KMPH OVER DIU, GIR SOMNATH, JUNAGARH, KHEDA, BHARUCH, JAMNAGAR, PORBANDAR & MORBI DURING NEXT 06 HOURS AND GRADUALLY DECREASE THEREAFTER. SQUALLY WIND SPEED REACHING 45-55 KMPH GUSTING TO 65 KMPH LIKELY TO PREVAIL ALONG AND OFF DADRA, NAGAR HAVELI, DAMAN, VALSAD, NAVSARI, SURAT, DISTRICTS AND 35-45 KMPH GUSTING TO 55 KMPH OVER DEVBHOOMI DWARKA & KUTCH DURING NEXT 06 HOURS AND GRADUALLY DECREASE THEREAFTER. SQUALLY WIND SPEED REACHING 45-55 KMPH GUSTING TO 65 KMPH IS LIKELY TO PREVAIL OVER SOUTH RAJASTHAN FROM THE EVENING OF 18TH TILL 19TH EARLY MORNING. |
| REALISED WEATHER GUJARAT & DIU | WIND REPORTED AT 1530 HOURS IST OF 18.05.2021: SURAT: 30 KMPH, BHAVNAGAR: 42 KMPH, RAJKOT: 37 KMPH AND AHEMADABAD: 68 KMPH RAINFALL IN CM (REPORTED DURING 0830 HOURS IST OF 17.05.2021 TO 0830 HOURS IST OF 18.05.2021): BAGASARA (AMRELI DISTT): 21.2 CM, SURAT- 9.3 CM, DIU: 8.6 CM, BHAVNAGAR: 7.8 CM, AMRELI – 12.5, GIR GADHADA (GIR SOMENATH)-18.5, UNA (GIR SOMENATH): 17.5 CM, UMERGAM (VALSAD): 18.3 CM, SAVARKUNDLA (AMRELI): 16.7 CM, PALITANA (BHAVNAGAR): 15.8 CM, AMRELI (AMRELI); 13..1 CM, MAHUA (BHAVNAGAR): 12.8 CM, RAJULA (AMRELI): 12.7; KHAMBHA (AMRELI): 12.7 CM, BABRA (AMRELI): 12.7 CM, GADHDA (BOTAD): 10.5 CM, VISAVDAR (JUNAGARH): 9.7 CM, UMRALA (BHAVNAGAR): 8.5 CM, DHARI (AMRELI): 7.2 CM, BHAVNAGAR (BHAVNAGAR): 7.1 CM, JESAR (BHAVNAGAR): 6.8 CM. . |
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