Cyclone Maha to cause heavy rains over Lakshadweep, Kerala and Coastal Karnataka

Cyclone Maha to cause heavy rains over Lakshadweep, Kerala and Coastal Karnataka

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Oct 31, 2019: The Severe Cyclonic Storm Kyarr was located over west-central Arabian Sea (near 18.5N 60.9E), and tracked west-southwestward at 11km/h on Wednesday night. Max wind is 90 to 100 km/h, with the gust of 110km/h on Thursday morning as to New Indian Express reports.

 

Kyarr continues to track west-southwestward, and will weaken into a Cyclonic Storm on Thursday night, and into a Depression on Saturday night. It is set to cause strong winds over west-central Arabian Sea on Thursday.

Cyclone Maha was located 10.6N 73.5E over Lakshadweep and adjoining area on Wednesday night. Maha continues to move northwestward across Lakshadweep Islands. It is forecast to intensify into a Cyclonic Storm on Thursday, and later intensify further into a Severe Cyclonic Storm.

Strong winds are likely over Lakshadweep area, southeast and east-central Arabian Sea. Very rough to extremely rough sea conditions are expected over Comorin area, Lakshadweep area, Kerala to Karnataka coast, southeast and east-central Arabian Sea.

Heavy to very heavy rain and thunderstorms: Lakshadweep, Kerala and coastal Karnataka.

Heavy rain and thunderstorms: Tamil Nadu, coastal Maharashtra, Goa and interior Karnataka.

Fairly widespread rain and thunderstorms: Andhra Pradesh and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Scattered rain and thunderstorms: Interior Maharashtra and Telangana.

Isolated rain and thunderstorms: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Sikkim, Odisha, Jammu & Kashmir, Gujarat and Chhattisgarh.

Dry weather is likely over West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Delhi, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.

The Western Disturbance is located over Afghanistan and adjoining area, and affects over Northern mountain area from Thursday.