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Sub: Cyclone “DAYE” over northwest Bay of Bengal: Cyclone warning for south Odisha -
north Andhra Pradesh coasts (Red Message)
The deep depression over westcentral Bay of Bengal moved northwestwards during past six
hours with a speed about 20 kmph, intensified into a cyclonic storm “DAYE” and lay centred at 2030
hrs IST of today, the 20th September, 2018 over northwest Bay of Bengal near latitude 18.8
0N and
longitude 85.6
0E, about 90 km southeast of Gopalpur (Odisha) and about 160 km northeast of
Kalingapatnam (Coastal Andhra Pradesh).
It is very likely to move west-northwestwards and cross south Odisha - north Andhra
Pradesh coasts between Kalingapatnam & Puri (Odisha), close to Gopalpur around mid-night of
today, the 20th September as a cyclonic storm with wind speed of 60-70 kmph gusting to 80 kmph.
Forecast track and intensity are given in the following table:
Date/Time(IST) Position
(Lat. 0N/ long. 0
E)
Maximum sustained surface
wind speed (Kmph)
Category of cyclonic
disturbance
20.09.18/2030 18.8/85.6 60-70 gusting to 80 Cyclonic Storm
20.09.18/2330 19.2/84.5 60-70 gusting to 80 Cyclonic Storm
21.09.18/0530 19.9/82.9 55-65 gusting to 75 Deep Depression
21.09.18/1130 20.5/81.4 45-55 gusting to 65 Depression
21.09.18/1730 21.1/80.1 40-50 gusting to 60 Depression
22.09.18/0530 22.4/77.7 40-50 gusting to 60 Depression
22.09.18/1730 23.7/75.3 30-40 gusting to 50 Depression
badkhan wrote:The storm seems to be following similar path to Cyclone Yemyin. Any chance of it crossing the landmass and regenerating in Arabian sea?
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