Cyclone Hudhud Update: 11/10/2014: Very Strong Winds To Lash Andhra, Odisha And Chattisgarh On Sunday

Cyclone Hudhud is now only a few hundred kilometers from Visakhapatnam. Rains are already lashing coastal districts of Odisha, Andhra and West Bengal.

Now the latest expected wind speed check. Just when the storm is near Vizag, the storm will throw up the strongest winds. 200-250 Kph. This will be early morning on Sunday (12/10/2014).  Come Sunday evening and winds of 165-200 Kph will be howling through the districts of Andhra ( Visakhapatnam, Sri Kakulam, Vijayanagaram and East Godavari), Odisha (Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur). Even Chattisgarh (Dantewada and Jagdalpur) will experience winds of 120-160 Kph.

And very heavy rain everywhere. Especially in Northern Andhra, southern Orissa and parts of Chattisgarh.

It is a misconception that the storm will weaken rapidly after making landfall. It is a powerful system that is going reach Uttar Pradesh and bring rainfall there.

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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 Will Bring Heavy Rains To Andhra And Orissa : Oct. 10-13, 2014

Cyclone Hudhud will not only bring powerful winds, but very heavy rainfall. Not only to Andhra (Visakhapatnam is Ground Zero) but also Orissa, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh (And Even Uttar Pradesh).

The rains will start from October 10, 2014. Friday. And will continue for the next three days. Seemandhra of course will see most of the flooding. But Orissa will also receive heavy rains from Saturday to Monday.

There will be floods in these two states.

Rainfall Forecast Map Owing to Cyclone Hudhud

The map shows the amount of rainfall that Cyclone Hudhud will bring from Today till Sunday, October 12, 2014

Cyclone Hudhud Update: MIGHT TURN OUT TO BE A NASTY STORM

The guy was just born; And he is throwing up winds of 55 kph! One can imagine what he will do when he grows up!

Latest satellite image of the system (Hudhud)

We talk here of the upcoming tropical cyclone HUDHUD.

It hasn't even crossed the Andaman islands and is growing in power.

Hudhud is going to be one of those relatively quick-moving storms. Born today. And will slam into the Andhra-Orissa border on October 11-12, 2014. Four-five days flat.

The latest forecast has not changed much from what we said earlier. Only the final destination of the storm remains slightly unclear. Orissa? Andhra? Or on the border between both? (Or is our man going to change his mind again? Cyclones are so darned unpredictable. So Bangladesh, West Bengal. Keep your fingers crossed. At least for the next two three days.

The venerable JTWC will make things more precise then. It just says the "possibility of the development of a significant tropical storm in the next 48 hours is medium."

NOAA is more alert. It has already given a name to the system. 10992014 INVEST.

The cyclone is coming. No doubt about it. Several forecast models confirm the fact.

How intense is it going to be? Present forecasts say it is going to be quite a storm.

A day more. The JTWC will confirm. The IMD will confirm. And both the web and TV airwaves will be saturated with cyclone Hudhud.

Keep in touch for the latest, reliable updates.

FORECAST MAP: This is how cyclone Hudhud will grow and move in the next 5 days

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• #CycloneHudhud Will Rapidly Intensify in 24 Hours After It Crosses Andaman Islands
• Cyclone Hudhud Has Formed in The Bay of Bengal: Will Hit Orissa Coast on October 11, 2014
• Is Cyclone HUDHUD Coming Soon To Bay of Bengal?

Future Cyclone HUDHUD Is A Low Pressure East Of Andaman Islands Now

FORECAST MAP: October 8, 2014: Hudhud intensifies after it crosses the Andaman Islands. The eye of the cyclone is clearly seen.

The JTWC says there is a medium chance of a cyclone developing in the low pressure area which hovers in the Bay of Bengal east of the Indian Andaman Islands.

In the next 24 hours the system is going to cross the the Andaman Islands. The Middle Andaman Islands will face the most of the wind and heavy rainfall. The islands will have winds gusting at 70-85 kph.

Now the IMD (Indian Met. Dept.) definition is if a storm has winds in excess of 62 kph it is declared a cyclone. Now following that I guess the IMD should name the system "Hudhud". But I have detected a certain reluctance on the part of the IMD to name a storm. The JTWC in contrast is prompt in christening a tropical storm.

So in a nut shell. The Andaman Islands (including Port Blair) is in for strong winds and heavy precipitation in the next 24 hours as cyclone Hudhud enters manhood from adolescence.

After that in a day or two Hudhud will intensify rapidly as it moves towards the coast of Orissa. The eye of the storm will become visible. Winds will be at around 100 kph.

On October 11, 2014 Hudhud will strike the Orissa coast.

The latest NASA image shows the birth place of cyclone Hudhud east of the Andaman Islands.

The satellite image of the Bay of Bengal taken at 0530 hrs IST, October 7, 2014,  shows Hudhud taking shape

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• #CycloneHudhud Will Rapidly Intensify in 24 Hours After It Crosses Andaman Islands
• Cyclone Hudhud Has Formed in The Bay of Bengal: Will Hit Orissa Coast on October 11, 2014
• Is Cyclone HUDHUD Coming Soon To Bay of Bengal?

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

Expected Low Pressure Area in Bay of Bengal Will Drench Bengal Or Bangladesh?

A low pressure area is swirling in the Bay of Bengal off the Burmese coast. Where will it go?

Forecasts differ slightly. One says it is bam-bam-woosh for Bangladesh. Very heavy rains from Monday (May26, 2014). Others say the low pressure area will first affect coastal Orissa and West Bengal.And then it will move into Bangladesh two days later, that is on Wednesday (May 28, 2014).

But expect heavy rains all the same. Question is, will it be West Bengal first. Or Bangladesh and then Assam, with West Bengal escaping with comparatively less precipitation.

 Alternative 1: The system hits Bangladesh on May 26, 2014  and then moves over into Indian NE

Alternative 2: Drenches Orisaa, West Bengal on May 26, 2014. And then moves into Bangladesh on May 28 (Wednesday).

(Will it turn into Cyclone NANAUK?)

Heavy Rains Likely In Orissa-Andhra Coastal Areas On May 26, 2014.

Heavy rains will lash Orissa-Andhra coast on May 26, 2014

El-Nino withstanding, the monsoons will be moving towards the Indian sub-continent soon. Satellite images show the Bay of Bengal is laden with moisture. The real action will start on the 18th of May when a large mass of rain clouds will form in the Andaman Sea off the Phuket coast.

This mass of clouds will move gradually north and drench the coastal areas of Myanmar for the next two days. EXPECT FLOODING IN COASTAL MYANMAR ON MAY 22-23.

These rain clouds will then drift towards the Indian coast. One can expect rains in West Bengal coast from May 24, 2014. But the brunt of the deluge will happen on the Orissa-Andhra coast on May 26. The areas affected will be the stretch between Visakhapatnam and Cuttack.

Expected Bay Of Bengal Cyclone MURJAN Will Hit Orissa On October 29, 2012

Cyclone Murjan will hit Orissa on October 28, 2012

We had predicted earlier that the expected tropical cyclone Murjan which is going to form in the Bay of Bengal (North Indian Ocean) will touch the Orisaa coast and then move into West Bengal.

Well, Murjan seems to have changed its mind. It is going to shower its "affections" only on Orissa. It is expected to hit the coast  at Gopalpur-in-sea on October 28, 2012 and drench the state in the next two days.



Point of impact. Murjan will hit the Orissa coat at Gopal-on-sea on October 28, 2012



Murjan is going to be a big nasty storm. High winds. Heavy rains. Super cyclone? May be.

It is time the Orissa government (I am sure they already are) start preparing for the worst. Murjan is going to be big bad boy.

Predicted path of cyclone "Murjan". October 26, 2012 to Oct. 28, 2012