Impact expected over southeast, east central and northeast Arabian Sea, Lakshadweep – Maldives area and Lakshadweep Islands and along & off Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra, Gujarat coasts and also the coastal and adjoining districts of all these states
New Delhi: A deep depression over Lakshadweep area and adjoining southeast and east central Arabian Sea is very likely to intensify into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm during next 12 hours and is very likely to intensify further during the subsequent 24 hours. It is very likely to move north-northwestwards and reach near Gujarat coast by May 18, 2021 morning.
Sea condition over east-central Arabian Sea will be High to very High on May 15-16, and over northeast Arabian Sea from May 17. Sea conditions will be rough to very rough over Comorin area and along and off Kerala coast on May 15, very rough to High over east central Arabian Sea along and off Karnataka coast on May 15, and Maharashtra – Goa coasts on May 15–16 May. It is very likely to be very rough to high over northeast Arabian Sea along & off south Gujarat coast from May 17 morning and very high to Phenomenal from May 18 morning.
The fishermen are warned against venturing into southeast Arabian Sea, Lakshadweep – Maldives areas, east central Arabian Sea along and off Karnataka coast, east-central Arabian Sea and along and off Maharashtra – Goa coasts and into east-central and adjoining northeast Arabian Sea along and off Gujarat coast till May 18.
Tidal wave Warning:
Tidal wave of about 1 meter height above the astronomical tide is very likely to inundate low lying areas of Lakshadweep Islands on May 15-16.
According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the deep depression moved north-northeastwards with a speed of 11 kmph during past 6 hours, and lay centred at 1730 hours IST of today, the over Lakshadweep area and adjoining southeast and east central Arabian Sea near latitude 11.6°N and longitude 72.6°E, about 55 km north-northwest of Amini Divi, 290 km west-southwest of Kannur (Kerala), and 1060 km south-southeast of Veraval (Gujarat).
Forecast track and intensity are given in the following table:
