STH stormwatch (31Dec2014) : Update on well marked Low Pressure Area in Bay of Bengal

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong,
Dist Darjeeling

STH Stormwatch (27Dec2014) : Reporting a well marked low in south Bay of Bengal

The well marked low pressure is expected to intensify into a depression in the next 48hrs

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong,
Dist Darjeeling

Upcoming event : A discourse on 'Water'; venue Park Hotel, Kalimpong, 23Dec2014

The event is being organized by Wageningen University, The Netherlands and Sikkim University

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong,
Dist Darjeeling

Event of Interest : Colloquium on 'Climate Change and Mountain Communities: Awareness and Adaptation Practices' (14-15Dec2014) at Mirik (Darjeeling district)

STH is participating on Day 2.

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong,
Dist Darjeeling

STH activities : At St Paul's School (20Nov2014) and the Mock Drill in Darjeeling (26Nov2014)

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong,
Dist Darjeeling.

STH seminar on 'Urban Planning and Disaster Risk Reduction' : 14Nov2014

                       

We would like to thank all those who travelled from distant shores and across rivers and valleys to attend our seminar - thanks to them the seminar went off wonderfully well.

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong,
Dist Darjeeling

STH Stormwatch (11Nov2014) : Reporting a low pressure in the Bay of Bengal

Updates will be posted as necessary

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong,
Dist Darjeeling

STH Stormwatch (08Nov2014) : Limitations of human knowledge, the depression fizzles out

Having almost, well, a jihadi belief in the predictions of meteorological science, it is scary to think their forecasts could also go wrong.
So it is good the storm weakened (and became a low pressure instead of blossoming into a full blown cyclone as predicted) but what if the forecast had gone awry and the depression had become a Very Severe Cyclone in a lesser time than forecast?
Scary!

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 (06Nov2014 update) : The depression in the Bay of Bengal intensifies

‘The depression over central Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards during the past 6h, intensified into a deep depression and lay centred at 0830 IST on 06Nov2014 over central Bay of Bengal , 580km southeast of Vishakhapatnam. It would move northwestwards and intensify further into a Cyclonic storm during next
 24h. It would then move west ­northwest towards Andhra Pradesh coast. It would weaken gradually into a depression while reaching the coast on 08Nov2014, night.’

Praful Rao,

Kalimpong,

Dist Darjeeling