Super Cyclone Amphan makes landfall in the vicinity of Kolkata: 20May2020 (1430hrs onwards)

Source:https://en.allmetsat.com/metar-taf/india-nepal-bhutan-bangladesh-burma.php?icao=VECC

Tracking the Beast

Was declared a Cyclonic Storm 'Amphan' on 16May2020, after which it rapidly intensified in Severe Cyclone. STH posted continuous updates on the tracks of the storm

RSMC, Delhi and JTWC issued some 33 advisory bulletins and 18 warnings respectively from 15May until the storm made landfall exactly as predicted on 20May near Kolkata

First track forecast and the final track observed are placed below:

Rainfall

Fact Sheet:

·        * Landfall process started at around 1430hrs/20May2020 between Digha and Hadia islands as predicted and passed thru the Sunderbans between 1530hrs to 1730hrs.

·       *  Wind speed at the time of landfall and crossing coast 155kmph and going up to 185kmph in gusts. Max recorded windspeed in Kolkata, from observatory at Dum Dum was 130kmph at 1855hrs on 20May.

·        * Windspeeds in Kolkata started increasing from around 1700hrs, max windspeeds were around 1900-1920hrs after which the speeds became less. Max winds were felt between 17-2100hrs.
* Approx 5000 trees uprooted by the storm.

·        * Most impacts on South 24 Parganas and East Midnapur and then Kolkata, Howrah and Hooghly districts.

·        * Was tracked continuously by DWR along the East Coasts which could give accurate information on intensity, landfall point and time, associated weather, storm surge, heavy rain and winds at different districts.

·       *  Heavy to extremely rain was observed in all the affected areas. 24 hrs rain in Kolktata (Alipore) 240mm, Dum Dum 200mm.

·       * After hitting Kolkata, the storm moved in a NNE direction and crossed the Bangladesh border at 2330hrs and became a deep depression in Bangladesh on 21May2020.

·       * Windspeeds in Meghalaya were 60kmph on 21May2020 and affected the NE States thereafter.
    
 STH cautionary advice (printed by media days prior to the storm):

 Images from the SUNDERBANS

   

   

           Praful Rao
     Kalimpong district
     Darjeeling - Sikkim Himalaya

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Landfall is expected on 01Nov2014 between north Gujarat and adjoining Pakistan coast (around Naliya).

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong,
Dist Darjeeling

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Websites for storm watch
India Meteorological Department
US Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Center
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (NASA)
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (Univ of Wisconsin)
EUMETSAT
US Gov's Aviation Weather Center

Praful Rao,
Kalimponng,
Dist Darjeeling

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Very Severe Cyclone 'Hudhud' in the Bay of Bengal

More PowerPoint presentations from praful rao

Almost exactly to the day, a year after Very Severe Cyclone Phaillin
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STH as a part of its stormwatch series maintains, a close watch on the weather activity in the Bay of Bengal and has tracked and plotted all major weather events in the Bay and elsewhere (Uttarakhand cloudburst) over the past few years.
All are recorded on this blog.
STH first reported the formation of a low pressure in the Bay of Bengal on 07Oct2014 and has thereafter maintained a close watch on the development of the cyclone which, today is the full blown 'Very Severe Cyclone Hudhud' which is breathing fire, off the coast of Andhra Pradesh.
This slide show (which is being updated on a daily basis), shows the formation and movement of the weather system from 07Oct2014 and offers other related information.

Praful Rao,

Kalimpong,

Dist Darjeeling

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Landfall is expected around 13Dec2013.

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong,
Dist Darjeeling