Move North-Northeastwards and weaken Gradually into  a depression during next 12 Hours

According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD): (TIME OF ISSUE: 2125 HOURS IST, DATED: 18.05.2021, INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT)

DATE/TIME (IST) OF OBSERVATIONBASED ON 18-05-2021 (2030 HRS IST)
LOCATION LATITUDE/LONGITUDETHE CYCLONIC STORM ‘TAUKTAE’ WEAKENED INTO A DEEP DEPRESSION AND LAY CENTRED AT 2030 HRS IST OF 18TH MAY 2021 OVER SAURASHTRA, NEAR LAT. 23.6°N AND LONG. 72.6°E, ABOUT 60 KM NORTH-NORTHEAST OF AHMEDABAD.
CURRENT INTENSITY NEAR CENTRE55-65 KMPH GUSTING TO 75 KMPH
PAST MOVEMENTMOVED NORTH-NORTHEASTWARDS WITH A SPEED OF 23 KMPH DURING PAST 06 HOURS.
FORECAST MOVEMENT AND INTENSITYIT WOULD FURTHER MOVE NORTH-NORTHEASTWARDS AND WEAKEN GRADUALLY INTO A DEPRESSION DURING NEXT 12 HOURS.
 

FORECAST RAINFALL

LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL AT MANY PLACES WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY FALLS AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER GUJARAT REGION ON 18TH MAY.
FORECAST WIND SPEED (KMPH)GALE WINDS SPEED REACHING 50-60 KMPH GUSTING TO 70 KMPH LIKELY TO PREVAIL OVER SURENDRANAGAR, RAJKOT, ANAND, AHMEDABAD: 40-50 KMPH GUSTING TO 60 KMPH OVER AMRELI, BHAVNAGAR, BOTAD, DIU, GIR SOMNATH, JUNAGARH, KHEDA, BHARUCH, JAMNAGAR, PORBANDAR & MORBI DURING NEXT FEW HOURS AND GRADUALLY DECREASE THEREAFTER.

DISTRICTS 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 2030 HOURS IST OF 18.05.2021:    VADODARA: 40 KMPH AND AHEMADABAD: 38 KMPH

RAINFALL IN CM (REPORTED DURING 0830 HOURS IST TO 2030 HOURS IST OF 18.05.2021): AHMEDABAD: 11, SURAT:4, BHAVNAGAR:11, VADODARA:8, SURENDRANAGAR:2

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