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Cyclone Tauktae very likely to move north-eastwards, weaken gradually into low-pressure area during next 12 hours

It is very likely to move north-eastwards and weaken gradually into a Well-Marked Low-pressure area during the next 12 hours.

SNS | New Delhi | May 19, 2021 7:05 pm

Cyclone Tauktae very likely to move north-eastwards, weaken gradually into low-pressure area during next 12 hours

22 die in Tauktae Cyclone fury in Arabian Sea. (IANS)

According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) (TIME of issue: 0745 hours IST, Dated: 19.05.2021, India Meteorological Department), the Deep Depression (remnant of the Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm “Tauktae” ) over Gujarat region moved north-eastwards with a speed of about 07 kmph during past 06 hours, weakened into a Depression and lay centred at 0530 hours IST of today, the 19th May, 2021 near latitude 24.3°N and longitude 73.3°E over south Rajasthan and adjoining Gujarat region, about 60 kms west-southwest of Udaipur (Rajasthan) and 110 km east-northeast of Deesa (Gujarat region).

It is very likely to move north-eastwards and weaken gradually into a Well-Marked Low-pressure area during the next 12 hours. The remnant of the system is very likely to move further north-eastwards across Rajasthan to west Uttar Pradesh during the next two days.

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Warnings:

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(i)           Rainfall: 

  • Light to moderate rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy falls at isolated places very likely over East Rajasthan on 19 May.
  • The interaction of the remnant low-pressure system with a trough in westerlies associated with a Western Disturbance is very likely to cause light to moderate rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy falls and extremely heavy falls at isolated places over Uttarakhand, heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh and Heavy rainfall at isolated places over Punjab, East Uttar Pradesh, north Madhya Pradesh and West Rajasthan during next 24 hours.

(ii) Wind warning

  • Squally wind speed reaching 45-55 kmph gusting to 65 kmph is likely to prevail over East Rajasthan and the adjoining Gujarat region during the next 12 hours.

SS/RP/ (IMD input)

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