Cyclone Burevi Heads for North Sri Lanka coast

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It is often said while Cyclone tracks could turn out similar but no two cyclones are the same. For weather bloggers this gives an opportunity to learn behavior of Cyclones each time a new one comes. Very rarely two cyclones come through similar paths back to back. It is a rather painful memory way back in 1999 Odisha saw to back to back cyclones.

The first one made landfall as an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm on 17th October near Gopalpur followed by the Odisha Super Cyclone about 11 days later making landfall as a Super cyclone slightly to the north of Gopalpur with both exhibiting similar nature of track though unfortunately due to the presence of a strong ridge over Central India the Odisha Super Cyclone stalled about 50 kms inland creating devastating havoc for the state.

With Cylone Burevi forming immediately after Cyclone Nivar it is interesting to note the how the two cyclones are behaving differently with the later moving NW into North TN Coast while the current one is heading towards Sri Lanka and further onto South TN. One crucial difference is the nature of intensification between the two cyclones could be a factor on how the two cyclones are behaving differently in terms of eventual track & Landfall.

As we always repeat Nature provides the weather bloggers to learn often, it is up to us to take those chances. Enjoy the rains while you learn. Happy Cyclone Chasing