Please allow time for floater to build.
• STORM FLOATER •
A () PUBLIC ADVISORY # FORCE THIRTEEN , ...... SUMMARY OF INFORMATION ----------------------------------- LOCATION...NEAR ... MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...MPH...KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...MB WATCHES AND WARNINGS ----------------------------------- ...CYCLONE ALERT (RED MESSAGE)... *Gujarat *Diu Please refer to the Indian Meteorological Department for latest warnings.
DISCUSSION ----------------------------------- The Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm “Tauktae” (pronounced as Tau’Te) over eastcentral Arabian Sea continued to move north-northwestwards with a speed of about 15 kmph during past 06 hours, and lay centred at 1430 hours IST of today, the 17 th May, 2021 over eastcentral & adjoining northeast Arabian Sea near latitude 19.6°N and longitude 71.4°E, about 165 km west-northwest of Mumbai, 165 km south-southeast of Diu, 180 km southeast of Veraval (Gujarat), and 350 km east-southeast of Karachi (Pakistan). It is very likely to move north-northwestwards and cross Gujarat coast between Porbandar & Mahuva (Bhavnagar district) to the east of Diu during the night (2000 – 2300 hrs IST) of 17 th May with a maximum sustained wind speed 155-165 kmph gusting to 185 kmph.
LOCAL AND OFFICIAL SOURCES BELOW Indian Meteorological Department $$ Forecaster
• OFFICIAL JTWC FORECAST •
• INDIAN METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT FORECAST •
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