CYCLONE HUDHUD LATEST UPDATE: A MONSTER, A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE: VIZAG TO SEE 240 KPH WINDS SATURDAY EVE

Satellite image Of Cyclone HUDHUD taken today (9/10/2014) at 5:30 AM (IST)

Cyclone Hudhud is already whipping winds of 80 Kph. And it is going to rapidly  intensify further. in the next few hours. It is now 700 Kms from Visakhapatnam.

We had said that Hudhud would be no Vongfong. We were wrong. This storm will turn out to be a monster. With winds when it hits Visakhapatnam on Saturday late evening will be over 200 Kph. The IMD will call it a "Very Severe Cyclonic Storm". According to the Saffir-Simpson Scale Hudhud will be a Category 4 storm.

Cyclone Hudhud (According to predictions now) will be just short of a Super Cyclone. Hudhud is going to be as bad (If not worse than) as Phailin.

Ground Zero will be the towns of ELAMANCHILI and ANAKAPALLE just south of Vizag

When it hits the Indian shores near Visakhapatnam on Saturday evening (Local Time) the winds will be 215 Kph, gusting up to a whopping 260 Kph.

A word of advice to folks living on the Andhra-Orissa border coast. Run. And now. The storm is going to come on Saturday evening (October 11, 2014).

Latest Forecast Track Path of Cyclone Hudhud (9/10/2014)

NASA image of Ground Zero. This where Cyclone Hudhud is going to come in two days

Expected Path-Track of Cyclone Hudhud

Cyclone HUDHUD Update: Will Grow Into A Full Blown Cyclone On Thursday (8 October, 2014) Afternoon: Target: DHARMAVARAM (AP)

Satellite Infra-red Image of Tropical Depression 3B (Cyclone Hudhud) taken today morning at 04300 hours (IST)

The present Tropical Depression 3B is now crossing the central Andaman Island. By tomorrow afternoon (Thursday, October 9, 2014) IST, it will have strengthened into Cyclone Hudhud with winds in excess of 85 kph.

Right now the storm is drenching "Kaal Paani" with winds of about 55-60 kph. It will intensify further in the coming 30 hours. It will then start moving in  a NW direction.

When it approaches the Orissa coast on Friday evening, it will suddenly intensify further and grow into a bigger storm. Winds of about 120 kph. It will enter the Odisha coast at Gopal-at-Sea (Berhampur) on the night of Saturday (11 October, 2014).

Let me make one thing clear. Hudhud is not going to be another 1999 super cyclone. Nor will it be a Katrina or Vongfong. But it is going to be a significant storm.

The Orissa government has rightly geared into action from now. The Andhra government too should be prepared as the northern districts of the state are going to be affected on Saturday night-Sunday afternoon.

The Andhra government should start preparations on a war footing as there are chances that Ground Zero might shift from Gopal-at-Sea to Visakhapatnam.

NOAA forecasts warn that when Hudhud makes landfall at DHARMAVARAM (Andhra pradesh) between Gopal-at-Sea and Visakhapatnam the wind speeds will be 150 kph. The storm is going to rapidly intensify before hitting the Indian coast on Saturday night.

TROPICAL CYCLONE 'HUDHUD' TO HIT ORISSA (INDIA) ON OCTOBER 11, 2014

We had predicted a few days ago that the Bay of Bengal was going to throw up a cyclone in the next few days.

It has happened.

Cyclone 'Hudhud' has already taken birth. As a low pressure area.

Within the next six days it will grow up into cyclone HUDHUD.

Latest forecasts say it will hit the eastern coast of India at Orissa. But we can cannot say for certain where it is going to make landfall. Andhra or West Bengal in India. Or Bangladesh?

It will make landfall on October 11, 2014.

It is to be seen how strong the storm turns out to be.

Forecast Map: Cyclone Hudhud as seen on October 7, 2014. It is moving towards India

Expected Path of Cyclone Hudhud