STH Stormwatch : Depression in the Bay of Bengal (21Oct2016)

Updates will be posted as necessary

Update 1 (JTWC IR image of two storms in our region)

Predicted storm track (shown in RED) is an approximation (NOT accurate!).

Update 2 (23Oct2016)

Update 3 (23Oct2016) - IMD predicted track

 
Praful Rao,
Kalimpong,
Dist Darjeeling

STH Stormwatch (07Nov2014 update) : Track/winds of deep depression in Bay of Bengal

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong,
Dist Darjeeling

STH stormwatch (23May2014) : POOF! and the storm disappears!!!

The depression which was predicted to move northwestwards towards Bangladesh both by the JTWC and IMetD yesterday, seemed to have a mind of its own today and curved southwest wards and quite suddenly weakened into a well marked low and as such has become insignificant.
It's amazing that all the science and technology in the world cannot quite  predict or understand the behavior of these storms as they wax and wane in the ocean.

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong,
Dist Darjeeling

STH stormwatch (22May2014 update) : JTWC changes predicted track

For further details go here
Whereas on 21May2014, the depression was seen moving east towards MyanMar, on 22May2014, the projected track shows the storm moving northwest towards Bangladesh and could well affect W. Bengal as well.
This forecast seems in keeping with the meteorological analysis by IMetD (22May2014) in its ALL INDIA WEATHER BULLETIN (Night), which states :-
'The depression over east central Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards and lay centered at 1730 hours IST of today, near lat.17.5°N and long. 92.0E, about 650 km north-northwest of Port Blair. It would move north-northwestwards during next 48 hours'

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong,
Dist Darjeeling

STH stormwatch : The newborn gets a name - "Cyclone NILAM"

At a time when the world news is being dominated by the Superstorm SANDY making landfall on the eastern seaboard of the USA, a storm which STH first reported on 26Oct2012 has now intensified to a full blown cyclone and has been given a name today (Viz Cyclone NILAM).
NILAM therefore, is the first cyclone in the Bay of Bengal in 2012.
You can read more about naming of Cyclones (Hurricanes or Typhoons) here

Praful Rao