Severe Cyclonic Storm 'Maha' to Make Landfall Soon, High Alert in Many States

The Very Severe Cyclonic Storm 'Maha' (M'maha) over west-central & adjoining east-central the Arabian Sea moved eastwards with a speed of 07 kmph during the past 06 hours which will result in heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over Gujarat region & Saurashtra coasts on 6th & 7th. Isolated heavy falls are also likely over Jammu & Kashmir on 6th & 7th and in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, East Rajasthan and West Madhya Pradesh on 7^th, the weather department of India said in its morning bulletin released today.

Meanwhile, the air quality index AQI) in the national capital saw a dip on Tuesday, recording 382 on the AQI while Delhi’s air pollution had hit emergency levels last week. Although it has observed a gradual improvement, still falls under the “very poor” category, as per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

“The Severe Cyclonic Storm 'Maha' moved eastwards with a speed of 07 kmph during past 06 hours and layover east central & adjoining west-central Arabian Sea near Latitude 19.8°N and Longitude 64.1°E, about 610 km west-southwest of Porbandar (Gujarat), 660 km west-southwest of Veraval (Gujarat) and 710 km west-southwest of Diu. It is very expected to move east-northeastwards with rapid weakening. It is very likely to cross Gujarat coast around Diu as a Cyclonic Storm with a maximum sustained wind speed of 70-80 kmph gusting to 90 kmph around morning hours of 7th November 2019”,

It causes depression over east-central & adjoining the southeast Bay of Bengal and the north Andaman Sea moved west-northwestwards with a speed of 11 kmph and lay centered at 1730 hours IST of today. It may intensify into a Deep Depression during the next 12 hours and into a Cyclonic Storm during the subsequent 24 hours. It is also likely to move west-northwestwards initially and then north-northwestwards, towards West Bengal & adjoining north Odisha and Bangladesh coasts.

As per yesterday’s report, maximum temperatures were reported appreciably above normal (3.1°C to 5.0°C) at isolated places over West Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh while minimum temperatures markedly above normal (5.1°C or more) at the most place over Gujarat State and Madhya Pradesh.