We had spoken of the low pressure area from the Gulf of Thailand moving to the Indian coast on November 14, 2014. Latest forecasts say the system will intensify into something stronger. May be a cyclone. It is very possible that Cyclone Ashobaa is coming to the Indian coast after all. The target is the Andhra coast just south of Visakhapatnam. Landfall when? November 13, 2014.
A low pressure area is hovering around in the Bay of Bengal which is bringing heavy rains to Maynmar. This system is expected to move back weaken and bring some rains to India on the Odisha-Andhra coast on November [Saturday].
The system that will turn into cyclone Ashobaa is a low pressure that has already formed in the South China Sea. On Sunday it will cross over into the Bay of Bengal and turn into a cyclone Ashobaa. On November 10 [Monday] it will move over the Central and Southern Andaman Islands, drenching it.
It will then move NW towards the Andhra coast, intensifying all the time. It will hit the Andhra coast on the night of November 12, 2014, near Visakhapatnam.
Cyclone Ashobaa is not going to be as big and ferocious as Hudhud but it will throw out winds up to 120 Kph. The people of Andhra Pradesh have six days to prepare for approaching cyclone Ashobaa.
We shall keep a close watch on the system and giving you latest updates on its path and intensity.
There is confusion about the expected cyclone.
The JTWC says the cyclone has already formed and will hit the Andhra coast on November 9, 2014. We will check the latest GFS forecasts and update the information. As things stand now the Indian Met Dept. too has confirmed the formation of a depression in the Bay of Bengal called 5B.
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Wil it affect Gopalpur, Odisha ???
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