New Delhi, 18 May 2021: According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD): (TIME OF ISSUE: 1900HOURS IST, DATED: 18.05.2021, INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT)

DATE/TIME (IST) OF OBSERVATION BASED ON 18-05-2021 (1730 HRS IST)
LOCATION LATITUDE/LONGITUDE THE CYCLONIC STORM ‘TAUKTAE’LAY CENTRED AT 1730 HRS IST OF 18TH MAY 2021 OVER SAURASHTRA, NEAR LAT. 23.1°N AND LONG. 72.3°E, ABOUT 120  KM SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF DEESA,35 KM WEST OF AHMEDABAD AND 80 KM EAST-NORTHEAST OF SURENDRANAGAR.
CURRENT INTENSITY NEAR CENTRE 60-70 KMPH GUSTING TO 90 KMPH
PAST MOVEMENT MOVED NORTH-NORTHEASTWARDS WITH A SPEED OF 23 KMPH DURING PAST 06 HOURS.
FORECAST MOVEMENT AND INTENSITY IT WOULD FURTHER MOVE NORTH-NORTHEASTWARDS AND WEAKEN GRADUALLY INTO A DEEP DEPRESSION DURING NEXT 3 HOURS.
 

FORECAST RAINFALL

LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL AT MANY PLACES WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY FALLS AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER GUJARAT REGION AND ADJOINING SAURASHTRA ON 18TH MAY.
FORECAST WIND SPEED (KMPH) GALE WIND SPEED REACHING 60-70 KMPH GUSTING TO 80 KMPH IS LIKELY TO PREVAIL OVER GULF OF KHAMBAT & ADJOINING NORTHEAST ARABIAN SEA DURING NEXT FEW HOURS. IT IS LIKELY TO REDUCE GRADUALLY THEREAFTER.

GALE WINDS SPEED REACHING 60-70 KMPH GUSTING TO 80 KMPH LIKELY TO PREVAIL OVER SURENDRANAGAR, RAJKOT, ANAND, AHMEDABAD: 45-55 KMPH GUSTING TO 65 KMPH OVER AMRELI, BHAVNAGAR, BOTAD, DIU, GIR SOMNATH, JUNAGARH, KHEDA, BHARUCH, JAMNAGAR, PORBANDAR & MORBI DURING NEXT FEW HOURS AND GRADUALLY DECREASE THEREAFTER.

SQUALLY WIND SPEED REACHING 40-50 KMPH GUSTING TO 60 KMPH LIKELY TO PREVAIL ALONG AND OFF DADRA, NAGAR HAVELI, DAMAN, VALSAD, NAVSARI, SURAT, 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 1730 HOURS IST OF 18.05.2021:    SURAT: 22 KMPH, BHAVNAGAR: 39 KMPH, AHEMADABAD: 51 KMPH AND DEESA: 26 KMPH

RAINFALL IN CM (REPORTED DURING 0830 HOURS IST TO 1730 HOURS IST OF 18.05.2021): AHMEDABAD: 9, SURAT:4, BHAVNAGAR:11, VADODARA:6, SURENDRANAGAR:2

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