DEMS-RSMC TROPICAL CYCLONES NEW DELHI DATED 18.07.2017
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH INDIAN OCEAN (THE BAY OF BENGAL AND ARABIAN SEA) VALID FOR NEXT 72 HOURS ISSUED AT 0600 UTC OF 18.07.2017 BASED ON 0300 UTC OF 18.07.2017.
BAY OF BENGAL & ANDAMAN SEA:
THE DEPRESSION OVER NORTHWEST AND ADJOINING WESTCENTRAL BAY OF BENGAL & COASTAL AREAS OF ODISHA REMAINED PRACTICALLY STATIONARY IN PAST 3 HOURS AND LAY CENTRED AT 0300 UTC OF TODAY, THE 18TH JULY, 2017 NEAR LATITUDE 19.0o N AND LONGITUDE 86.0 oE, ABOUT 120 KM EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GOPALPUR(43049) AND 80 KM SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF PURI(43053). THE SYSTEM IS VERY LIKELY TO MOVE WEST- NORTHWESTWARDS AND CROSS ODISHA COAST BETWEEN GOPALPUR AND PURI BY TONIGHT, THE 18TH JULY 2017.
ACCORDING TO SATELLITE IMAGERIES, THE INTENSITY OF THE SYSTEM IS C.I.1.5. THE ESTIMATED CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 992 HPA. THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND SPEED IS 25 KNOTS GUSTING 35 KNOTS. SEA CONDITION IS ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH AROUND SYSTEM CENTRE. ASSOCIATED BROKEN LOW AND MEDIUM CLOUDS WITH EMBEDDED MODERATE TO INTENSE CONVECTION LIE OVER BAY OF BENGAL BETWEEN LATITUDE 16.0oN TO 19.0oN & WEST OF LONGITUDE 89.0oE AND SOUTH COASTAL ODISHA, NORTH COASTAL ANDHRA PRADESH AND ADJOINING AREAS.