Cyclone ‘Shakti,’ classified as a severe cyclonic storm over the Arabian Sea that brought incessant rain over parts of western India over the past few days, moved further south-southwestwards on Sunday.
IMD Report Over Cyclone Shakti
As per the IMD, Shakti is expected to continue to move south-southwestwards and weaken gradually into a cyclonic storm by Monday morning. “Thereafter it will recurve and travel almost eastwards over the west-central & adjacent northwest Arabian Sea and further weaken into a depression by 7th October forenoon,” said IMD.
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Shakthi moved WSW over last 20 hrs and intensified further into a Severe Cyclonic Storm as of 4am today. Shakthi is beginning to flirt with a ragged Eye, as dry air intrusion begins to impede convection. However, strong equatorward and poleward… https://t.co/WK5AdSy3nb pic.twitter.com/O03rxQvNp6
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As per the India Meteorological Department’s Sunday night tropical cyclone advisory released at 9 PM, cyclone Shakti has shifted south-southwestwards by 7 kmph in the past 6 hours and was centered over the west-central and adjoining northwest Arabian Sea, close to latitude 19.9°N and longitude 60.6°E at about 11:30 pm on October 5. The storm is around 210 km southeast of Ras Al Hadd (Oman), 220 km east of Masirah (Oman), 780 km southwest of Karachi (Pakistan), 850 km west-southwest of Naliya, and 850 km west of Dwarka.
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Gusty Winds Along the Western Coast
Squally wind speeds of 50-60 km per hour, gusting to 70 km per hour, will prevail over west-central & northwestern adjacent areas of the Arabian Sea from midnight of Oct 6 and increase to 40-50 kmph, gusting to 60 kmph, by the morning of Oct 7, it stated.
Wind speeds of 35-45 km per hour, gusting to 55 km per hour, are highly likely to continue prevailing over the northeastern Arabian Sea and along & off the Saurashtra and Kutch coasts until the morning of Oct 6.
Sea Conditions
IMD on Sunday forecast sea conditions to be very high over the northwestern and west-central Arabian Sea until the morning of Oct 6. Sea conditions will be very likely to be rough along and off the Saurashtra and Kutch coasts until this morning.
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Rainfall in Parts of India
A day after relentless rain pounded West Bengal’s Darjeeling, taking the lives of at least 23 people and injuring a host of others, the IMD on Monday declared a yellow alert over parts of eastern India as heavy rainfall persists over West Bengal, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Assam, and Tripura.
Heavy rain is predicted in the sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim on October 6. The IMD also predicts light to moderate rain and thunderstorms at all places, along with scattered thunderstorms and wind speeds of 30-40 kmph, in East India during the next 3-4 days.
