Sub: Cyclonic Storm, Hudhud over north Andaman Sea & adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal, Cyclone Warning for Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Cyclone Alert for north coastal Andhra Pradesh & south Odisha coasts.
A low pressure area lay over north Andaman Sea on 6 th October, 2014. It concentrated into a depression in the morning of 7 th October and intensified into a deep depression in the evening of 7 th
October 2014 over the same region. It moved west-northwestwards, intensified into a Cyclonic Storm HUDHUD in the morning of 8th October 2014 over north Andaman Sea and crossed Andaman & Nicobar Islands close to Long island between 0830 and 0930 hrs IST of today. Moving northwestwards, it lay centered at 1130 hrs IST of 8th October 2014 near latitude 12.5N and longitude 92.5E about 1100 km southeast of Gopalpur and 1150 km east-southeast of Visakhapatnam. The system would continue to move west-northwestwards, intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm during next 24 hours and into a very severe cyclonic storm during subsequent 36 hours. The system would cross north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts between Visakhapatnam and Gopalpur around noon of 12 th October 2014. Track and intensity forecasts of the system are given in the table below: Date/Time(IST) Position (Lat. 0 N/ long. 0 E) Maximum sustained surface wind speed (kmph) Category of cyclonic disturbance 08-10-2014/1130 12.5/92.5 70-80 gusting to 90 Cyclonic Storm 08-10-2014/1730 13.2/91.6 75-85 gusting to 95 Cyclonic Storm 08-10-2014/2330 13.6 /90.9 80-90 gusting to 100 Cyclonic Storm 09-10-2014/0530 14.0/90.2 90-100 gusting to 110 Severe Cyclonic Storm 09-10-2014/1130 14.4/89.6 90-100 gusting to 110 Severe Cyclonic Storm 09-10-2014/2330 15.1/88.5 100-110 gusting to 120 Severe Cyclonic Storm 10-10-2014/1130 15.8/87.4 110-120 gusting to 135 Severe Cyclonic Storm 10-10-2014/2330 16.4/86.3 120-130 gusting to 145 Very Severe Cyclonic Storm 11-10-2014/1130 17.0/85.2 120-130 gusting to 145 Very Severe Cyclonic Storm 11-10-2014/2330 17.4/84.2 130-140 gusting to 155 Very Severe Cyclonic Storm 12-10-2014/1130 17.9/83.2 130-140 gusting to 155 Very Severe Cyclonic Storm 12-10-2014/2330 18.5/82.2 100-110 gusting to 120 Severe Cyclonic Storm 13-10-2014/1130 19.0/81.2 70-80 gusting to 90 Cyclonic Storm
Warning for Andaman & Nicobar Islands (i) Heavy rainfall warning: Under the influence of the system, rainfall at many places with heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places would occur over Andaman & Nicobar Island during next 24 hours. Earth System Science Organisation Ministry of Earth Sciences
(ii) Wind warning: Gale wind speed reaching 60-70 kmph gusting into 80 kmph would prevail in and around Andaman and Nicobar Islands during next 12 hours. (iii) Sea condition: Sea condition around Andaman and Nicobar islands will be high during next 24 hours. (iv) Damage expected over Andaman & Nicobar Islands: Damage to thatched huts. Breaking of tree branches causing minor damage to power and communication lines. (v) Action suggested: Fishermen are advised not to venture into sea along and off Andaman and Nicobar Islands during next 48 hours. Warning for north Andhra Pradesh coast and south Odisha (i) Heavy rainfall warning: Under the influence of the system, rainfall at most places with heavy (6.5 12.4 cm) to very heavy falls (12.5 24.4 cm) at a few places and isolated extremely heavy falls ( 24.5 cm) would occur over south Odisha from 11 th evening onwards. Rainfall would occur at most places with heavy rainfall to very heavy rainfall at a few places would also commence over Visakhapatnam, Vijayanagaram. Srikakulam districts of north coastal Andhra Pradesh and districts of north coastal Odisha during the same period. (ii) Wind warning: Squally wind speed reaching 50-60 kmph gusting to 70 kmph would commence along and off north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts from 11 th morning onwards. The wind speed would increase to 130-140 kmph gusting to 150 kmph from 12 th
morning. (iii) Sea condition along and off north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts: Sea condition would be rough to very rough from 11 th morning. It would gradually become phenomenal from 12 th morning onwards. (iv) Damage expected: Under the influence of system, extensive damage to kutcha houses. Partial disruption of power and communication lines. Minor disruption of rail and road traffic. Potential threat from flying debris. Flooding of escape routes. (v) Action suggested: Suspension of fishing operations in area of influence of cyclone. Judicious regulation of aviation, navigation, rail and road traffic. People in affected areas to remain at safe places around landfall period.
Kindly visit www.rsmcnewdelhi.imd.gov.in for updates.