As expected by our yesterday’s post in our blog Cyclone Vardah is now heading for the coast of Chennai. Very Severe Cyclone Vardah currently lying around 500 kms to the East of Chennai is making slow progress towards the coast of Chennai. After climbing up to a latitude of about 13.3 N the system has…
Cyclone Vardah set for Peak Intensity, Could Gradually weaken from tomorrow
Cyclone Vardah continues to churn along in Bay of Bengal about 1000 kms to the E/SE of Chennai. After making near stationary movement for nearly 36 hours Cyclone Vardah has now come into the open waters of Bay which is expected to become conducive for the development of the system. Also the presence of moderate…
Cyclone Vardah makes slow Progress
Cyclone Vardah in Bay of Bengal has been making slow progress near the Andaman Islands. Yesterday morning IMD announced the formation of Cyclone Vardah intensifying from the Deep Depression which was moving to the Southwest of Andaman Islands. The last 24 hours or so the movement has been very slow with Cyclone Vardah moving only…
Cyclone Vardah in the Making – Pre Cyclone Watch by IMD
In a confirmation “Cyclone Vardah is in the Making” IMD has issued a Pre Cyclone Watch today early in the morning after upgrading the current system to Deep Depression. Vardah a Urdu name derived from Arabic lineage was provided by Pakistan as part of the Cyclone Name Roster in North Indian Ocean Basin. Meaning Rose…
Depression in Bay of Bengal on its way to become a Cyclone
Yesterday’s Well Marked Low has become a Depression in Bay of Bengal and is likely to become a Deep Depression in the next 12 – 24 hours or so. As we explained in our post a couple of days back the progress has been slow with the system slowly but firmly moving towards the open…