The Indian Meteorological Department has issued warnings regarding the formation process of Cyclone Sitrang in the Bay of Bengal. Reports say that the undercurrent cyclone will have an adverse impact on mainland India, specifically the eastern, northeastern and southern parts. And downpours can seriously affect the joy and brilliance of the Diwali celebration.
What is Cyclone Sitrang?
Sitrang is the second massive cyclonic storm this year after Cyclone Asani that formed in the Bay of Bengal in early May. As per the latest update, the system currently exists as a low pressure area over the northern Andaman Sea and the adjacent areas of the southern Andaman Sea and southeastern Bay of Bengal.
Later, it is expected to move west-northwestward, concentrate over the east-central and adjacent southeastern BoB around October 22, and then transition into a deep depression on October 23.
Then, by the following Monday, October 24, it is forecast to turn northward and strengthen into a cyclonic storm over central-west and adjacent central-east BoB. Sitrang will be the name of the system as it intensifies into a cyclone.
On October 25 it will gradually move northeastward, skirting the coast of Odisha and getting dangerously close to the coasts of West Bengal and Bangladesh.
The projections remain diverse for the different models, as well as for the landfall location. The GFS anticipates that the system will hit the eastern coast of Bangladesh early Tuesday morning as a severe cyclonic storm, while the ECMWF predicts that Sitrang will make landfall on the beaches of West Bengal and Bangladesh on Wednesday afternoon as a severe cyclonic storm. cyclonic (63-88 kmph) (89 -117 kilometers per hour).
What will be the impact of Cyclone Sitrang?
The Weather Channel’s weather team said that even before Cyclone Sitrang lands over India or Bangladesh, moist onshore winds around the system will begin to affect the weather in the area surrounding the Bay.
From Friday, October 21 to Sunday, October 23, the IMD has already predicted widespread light to moderate rains with sporadic heavier rains (64.5 mm-115.5 mm).
Although not in the way they expected, the eastern Gangetic states of Odisha and West Bengal appear to be off to an explosive start to Diwali, with the entire festive week likely to be rainy.
Next Monday and Tuesday, October 24 and 25, and possibly later, you can expect scattered to moderately widespread showers, isolated heavy to very heavy downpours (64.5 mm-204 mm), thunderstorms and lightning. Rainfall in West Bengal’s Ganges could intensify much further on Wednesday (October 26), leading to exceptionally heavy rainfall (204 mm).
In the northeast, places like Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura are likely to experience some isolated and extremely severe thunderstorms on Wednesday, besides isolated heavy downpours on Monday and Tuesday.
What are the early warnings for Cyclone Sitrang?
In light of these forecasts, the IMD has issued an orange alert (“be prepared for bad weather”) for Monday and Tuesday over West Bengal and Odisha. These notifications could extend further and possibly increase as next week approaches.
Additionally, the wind speed in the Bay of Bengal is forecast to be 40 to 50 kph gusting up to 60 kph on Friday, 45 to 50 kph gusting up to 60 kph in the north, east and central on Saturday, 50 to 50 kph. 60 kph with gusts up to 70 kph on Sunday, 60 to 70 kph with gusts up to 80 kph on Monday and 65 to 75 kph with gusts. Therefore, fishermen have been recommended to stay out of the water while the storm lasts.
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Source: ptivs2.edu.vn