According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD): (TIME OF ISSUE: 1900HOURS IST, DATED: 18.05.2021, INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT)
| DATE/TIME (IST) OF OBSERVATION | BASED ON 18-05-2021 (1730 HRS IST) |
| LOCATION LATITUDE/LONGITUDE | THE CYCLONIC STORM ‘TAUKTAE’LAY CENTRED AT 1730 HRS IST OF 18TH MAY 2021 OVER SAURASHTRA, NEAR LAT. 23.1°N AND LONG. 72.3°E, ABOUT 120 KM SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF DEESA,35 KM WEST OF AHMEDABAD AND 80 KM EAST-NORTHEAST OF SURENDRANAGAR. |
| CURRENT INTENSITY NEAR CENTRE | 60-70 KMPH GUSTING TO 90 KMPH |
| PAST MOVEMENT | MOVED NORTH-NORTHEASTWARDS WITH A SPEED OF 23 KMPH DURING PAST 06 HOURS. |
| FORECAST MOVEMENT AND INTENSITY | IT WOULD FURTHER MOVE NORTH-NORTHEASTWARDS AND WEAKEN GRADUALLY INTO A DEEP DEPRESSION DURING NEXT 3 HOURS. |
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FORECAST RAINFALL |
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL AT MANY PLACES WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY FALLS AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER GUJARAT REGION AND ADJOINING SAURASHTRA ON 18TH MAY. |
| FORECAST WIND SPEED (KMPH) | GALE WIND SPEED REACHING 60-70 KMPH GUSTING TO 80 KMPH IS LIKELY TO PREVAIL OVER GULF OF KHAMBAT & ADJOINING NORTHEAST ARABIAN SEA DURING NEXT FEW HOURS. IT IS LIKELY TO REDUCE GRADUALLY THEREAFTER.
GALE WINDS SPEED REACHING 60-70 KMPH GUSTING TO 80 KMPH LIKELY TO PREVAIL OVER SURENDRANAGAR, RAJKOT, ANAND, AHMEDABAD: 45-55 KMPH GUSTING TO 65 KMPH OVER AMRELI, BHAVNAGAR, BOTAD, DIU, GIR SOMNATH, JUNAGARH, KHEDA, BHARUCH, JAMNAGAR, PORBANDAR & MORBI DURING NEXT FEW HOURS AND GRADUALLY DECREASE THEREAFTER. SQUALLY WIND SPEED REACHING 40-50 KMPH GUSTING TO 60 KMPH LIKELY TO PREVAIL ALONG AND OFF DADRA, NAGAR HAVELI, DAMAN, VALSAD, NAVSARI, SURAT, DISTRICTS SQUALLY WIND SPEED REACHING 45-55 KMPH GUSTING TO 65 KMPH IS LIKELY TO PREVAIL OVER SOUTH RAJASTHAN FROM THE EVENING OF 18TH TILL 19TH EARLY MORNING. |
| REALISED WEATHER
GUJARAT & DIU |
WIND REPORTED AT 1730 HOURS IST OF 18.05.2021: SURAT: 22 KMPH, BHAVNAGAR: 39 KMPH, AHEMADABAD: 51 KMPH AND DEESA: 26 KMPH
RAINFALL IN CM (REPORTED DURING 0830 HOURS IST TO 1730 HOURS IST OF 18.05.2021): AHMEDABAD: 9, SURAT:4, BHAVNAGAR:11, VADODARA:6, SURENDRANAGAR:2 |
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