Mumbai Cyclone Phyan | Mumbai weather
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Heavy rainfall has been reported from Indian cities of Mumbai, Goa and Konkan region.The weather dept in Mumbai has said that a tropical cyclone has strengthened over the Arabian Sea off the western coast. The storm will hit Mumbai tomorrow around 5.30 am in the morning.
Met officials have reported that a cyclone with winds strengthened to 75 kilometers per hour will hit the southern Gujarat, Northern Maharashtra, Karnataka and Goa.
MUMBAI: The cyclone over the Arabian Sea on Wednesday was “likely to intensify further” and cross the Indian coast between north Maharashtra and south Gujarat in the early hours of Thursday, says the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Now named Cyclone Phyan, the cyclone was about 250 km directly west of Goa at 2:30am Thursday, the IMD said on its website, even as it it issued an “orange” alert. That is one step below the red alert put out for a really severe cyclone.
At that hour, Phyan was 420 km south-southwest of Mumbai and 670 km south-southwest of Surat in south Gujarat.
“The system is likely to intensify further and move north-northeastwards and cross south Gujarat and north Maharashtracoast between Mahuva and Dahanu by early hours of Nov 12,” the website reported.
The Cyclone named Phyan was about 250 km west of Goa at 2.30 a.m. Thursday morning, it is been issued an “orange” alert. That is one step below the red alert given for a severe cyclone.
The cyclone is still 400 kms away from the coast of Goa but is said to be moving dangerously fast and the next 36 hours are said to pose a greater threat to the western coast.
Phyan was 420 km south-southwest of Mumbai and 670 km south-southwest of Surat in south Gujarat.
“The system is likely to intensify further and move north-northeastwards and cross south Gujarat and north Maharashtra coast between Mahuva and Dahanu by early hours of Nov 12,” the website reported.
The weatherman said Wednesday morning that the cyclone will lead to “rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy falls at a few places and isolated extremely heavy fall (over or equal to 25 cm) over Konkan and Goa and Madhya Maharashtra during next 36 hours”.
“Rainfall at many places with heavy to very heavy falls at isolated places is likely over coastal Karnataka during next 24 hours. Rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy falls at a few places and isolated extremely heavy falls (over or equal to 25 cm) is likely to commence over south Gujarat from today (Wednesday) afternoon.
“Squally winds with speed reaching 55-65 kmph gusting to 75 kmph are likely along and off Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra coasts during next 36 hours. Sea condition will be very rough over along and off Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra coasts. Squally wind speed reaching 55-65 gusting to 75 kmph is likely to commence along and off south Gujarat coast from today afternoon.”
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November 11th, 2009 at 6:57 am
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