Cyclone Tej: Very severe cyclonic storm likely to further intensify today, says IMD
Cyclone Tej: The storm is brewing in the Arabian Sea at 1850 km southwest of Karachi, ARY News reported. Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said a low-pressure area in the Arabian Sea has developed into a depression and lies at a distance of 1850 km southwest of Karachi, Pakistan.
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Cyclone Tej: VSCS (very severe cyclonic storm) Tej lay centered at 2330 IST of October 21 (Saturday) over SW Arabian Sea about 330 km ESE of Socotra (Yemen), 690 km SSE of Salalah (Oman), and 720 km SE of Al Ghaidah (Yemen), said the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday. The cyclone is very likely to intensify further into an extremely severe cyclonic storm in the forenoon of October 22, it added. Meanwhile, the cyclonic storm will not have any impact on Gujarat. A low-pressure area over the southeast and southwest Arabian Sea has developed into a depression and is expected to intensify into a cyclonic storm by October 21 morning, the IMD had said in a statement earlier. According to the formula followed for naming cyclones in the Indian Ocean Region, it will be called 'Tej'. It is predicted to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm on Sunday and move towards the south coasts of Oman and adjoining Yemen, according to the IMD. Cyclones, however, change their course sometimes.
Live updates : Cyclone Tej
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October 22, 2023 9:49 PM (IST) Posted by Sheenu Sharma
Cyclone likely to form over Bay of Bengal by October 24, collectors asked to remain prepared
The depression over the Bay of Bengal may become a low-intensity cyclonic storm by October 24, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday. The depression lies centred around 610 km south of Odisha's Paradip, the IMD said in a bulletin. "The system is likely to further intensify into a deep depression over the next 24 hours. It will move northwestwards in the subsequent 12 hours and then move towards the Bangladesh-West Bengal coasts in the following three days," it added. "Though there is a possibility of the formation of a cyclonic storm, it is likely to be a very weak system. It will have a marginal impact on Odisha, bringing in light to moderate rain. The system at the sea will be around 200 km from the state's coast," weather scientist Umashankar Dash of the Regional Meteorological Centre told media.
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October 22, 2023 8:33 PM (IST) Posted by Sheenu Sharma
Cyclone Tej very likely to move NW and cross Yemen coast
ESCS “Tej” lay centered at 1730 hrs IST of 22 Oct SW Arabian Sea about 90 km north-northeast of Socotra (Yemen), 410 km south of Salalah (Oman) and 390 km SE of Al Ghaidah (Yemen). Very likely to move NW and cross Yemen coast close to Al Ghaidah (Yemen) around 24 Oct as VSCS
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October 22, 2023 7:55 PM (IST) Posted by Sheenu Sharma
India to face twin cyclone in next 2 days
As one cyclone is moving ahead in Arabian Sea, another is yet to be formed in the central Bay of Bengal. Currently, depression formed over the west-central Bay of Bengal is likely to move northwestwards during the subsequent 3 days.
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October 22, 2023 6:09 PM (IST) Posted by Sheenu Sharma
Cyclone Tej: Weather to remain dry in Gujarat
The brewing cyclone in Arabian sea is rarely going to impact Gujarat's coastal area. The weather in the state is likely to remain dry, said IMD.
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October 22, 2023 4:43 PM (IST) Posted by Sheenu Sharma
Cyclone Tej very likely to move NW and cross Yemen coast close to Al Ghaidah
ESCS “Tej” lay centered at 1130 hrs IST of 22 Oct SW Arabian Sea about 130 km east of Socotra (Yemen), 500 km S-SE of Salalah (Oman) and 500 km SE of Al Ghaidah (Yemen). Very likely to move NW and cross Yemen coast close to Al Ghaidah (Yemen) around early hours of 24 October as VSCS.
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October 22, 2023 3:28 PM (IST) Posted by Sheenu Sharma
Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Tej over westcentral, adjoining southwest Arabian intensified into an Extremely severe Cyclonic Storm
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October 22, 2023 3:23 PM (IST) Posted by Sheenu Sharma
The depression will intensify into a deep depression: IMD
Dr Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Director General, IMD, said, "A depression has been formed in the Bay of Bengal. The depression will intensify into a deep depression and by tomorrow it may intensify further and become a cyclone storm...between 23-25th October, in Coastal Odisha and West Bengal, light to moderate rainfall is expected...sea condition is very rough...it is not safe for the fishermen and ships so we are continuously issuing warnings, fishermen are not supposed to go to sea and those who're in the sea must come back immediately".
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October 22, 2023 3:03 PM (IST) Posted by Rajukumar
Depression formed in Bay of Bengal
"A depression has been formed in the Bay of Bengal...The depression will intensify into a deep depression and by tomorrow it may intensify further and become a cyclone storm...between 23-25th October, in Coastal Odisha and West Bengal, light to moderate rainfall is expected...sea condition is very rough...it is not safe for the fishermen and ships so we are continuously issuing warnings, fishermen are not supposed to go to sea and those who're in the sea must come back immediately," said Dr Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Director General, IMD.
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October 22, 2023 2:47 PM (IST) Posted by Rajukumar
Alert in Tamil Nadu's coastal area
Boats docked after distant cautionary signal number 1 updated in 9 ports, due to a depression formed over west-central Bay of Bengal in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu
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October 22, 2023 1:11 PM (IST) Posted by Rajukumar
Storm 880 km away from S-SW of Khepupara, Bangladesh
"D WC BoB moved W-NW in the past 6 hours at 0830 hours IST of 22nd Oct, about 590 km S of Paradip, 740 km S of Digha, and 880 km S-SW of Khepupara (Bangladesh). Likely to move NW & intensify into DD in next 12 hours recurve and move N-NE in 3 days towards Bangladesh and WB coasts," tweeted IMD on X.
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October 22, 2023 12:04 PM (IST) Posted by Rajukumar
Storm likely to move NW and cross coasts between Al Ghaidah: IMD
VSCS Tej over WC & SW AS intensified to ESCS moved NW at 0830 hrs IST of 22 Oct about 160 km E-SE of Socotra (Yemen), 540 km S-SE of Salalah (Oman) & 550 km SE of Al Ghaidah (Yemen). Likely to move NW and cross coasts between Al Ghaidah & Salalah around noon of 24 Oct as a VSCS, said the IMD officials.
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October 22, 2023 10:19 AM (IST) Posted by Rajukumar
Pakistan Meteorological Department on Tej Cyclone
"The Cyclonic Storm (TEJ) over Southwest Arabian Sea moved further west-northwestward, intensified into a Severe Cyclonic Storm (SCS) and now lies cent red around Latitude 11.0 °N & Longitude 57.0 °E at a distance of about 1880km southwest of Karachi," said Pakistan Meteorological Department.
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October 22, 2023 10:02 AM (IST) Posted by Rajukumar
Storm will move towards south coasts of Oman: IMD
It is predicted to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm on Sunday and move towards the south coasts of Oman and adjoining Yemen, according to the IMD.
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October 22, 2023 8:45 AM (IST) Posted by Rajukumar
Cyclonic Tej likely to make landfall on Oct 25
Cyclonic Tej is likely to make landfall between Al Ghaidah (Yemen) and Salalah (Oman) around early morning on October 25.
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October 22, 2023 8:42 AM (IST) Posted by Rajukumar
Meteorologists issues alert
Meteorologists caution that at times, storms may deviate from the predicted route and intensity, as seen in the case of earlier Cyclone Biparjoy which formed in the Arabian Sea in June and initially moved in a north-northwest direction before changing course to make landfall between Sindh and Gujarat coast in Pakistan and India, as per ARY News. As per reports, weather models indicate the storm is heading for the Yemen-Oman coast.
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October 22, 2023 8:37 AM (IST) Posted by Rajukumar
Cycloen likely to further intensify
Cyclone Tej It is likely to further intensify into a deep depression during the next 24 hours, said IMD officials on Sunday.