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TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVISORY
RSMC – TROPICAL CYCLONES, NEW DELHI
TROPICAL STORM ‘GIRI’ ADVISORY NO. TWO ISSUED AT 0900 UTC OF 21ST OCTOBER 2010 BASED ON 0600 UTC CHARTS OF 21ST OCTOBER.
THE CYCLONIC STORM, GIRI OVER EASTCENTRAL BAY OF BENGAL REMAINED PRACTICALLY STATIONARY, AND LAY CENTRED AT 0900 UTC OF TODAY, THE 21ST OCTOBER 2010 OVER THE SAME AREA NEAR LATITUDE 17.50N AND 91.50E, ABOUT 350 KM SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SITTWE (MYANMAR), 450 KM SOUTH OF COX BAZAR (BANGLADESH) AND 650 KM SOUTHEAST OF DIGHA (WEST BENGAL, INDIA).
SUSTAINED MAXIMUM SURFACE WIND SPEED IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 40 KNOTS GUSTING TO 50KNOTS. THE STATE OF THE SEA IS HIGH AROUND THE SYSTEM CENTRE. THE ESTIMATED CENTRAL PRESSURE IS ABOUT 996 HPA.
SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES BANDING PATTERN WITH FURTHER ORGANISATION. THE INTENSITY OF THE SYSTEM IS T2.5 ASSOCIATED BROKEN INTENSE TO VERY INTENSE CONVECTION IS SEEN OVER EASTCENTRAL BAY OF BENGAL BETWEEN LATITUDE 14.0º N AND 20.0ºN AND LONGITUDE EAST OF 88.0º E.THE LOWEST CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURE (CTT) DUE TO CONVECTION IS AROUND -800C IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE SYSTEM.
THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AND NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION (NWP) MODELS SUGGEST THAT THE SYSTEM WOULD INTENSIFY FURTHER INTO A SEVERE CYCLONIC STORM. IT WOULD MOVE NORTHEASTWARDS AND CROSS NORTH MYANMAR AND ADJOINING BANGLADESH COASTS BETWEEN TEKNAF, BANGLADESH(41998 ) AND KYAUKPYU, MYANMAR (48071) TO THE SOUTHEAST SITTWE BY 1200 UTC TOMORROW, THE 22ND OCTOBER 2010.
BASED ON LATEST ANALYSIS WITH NWP MODELS AND OTHER CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES, ESTIMATED TRACK AND INTENSITY OF THE SYSTEM ARE GIVEN IN THE TABLE BELOW:
DATE/TIME(UTC)
POSITION LAT. 0N/ LONG. 0E)
SUSTAINED MAXIMUM SURFACE WIND SPEED (KMPH)
21-10-2010/0900
17.5/91.5
70-80 GUSTING TO 90
21-10-2010/1200
18.0/92.0
80-90 GUSTING TO 100
21-10-2010/1800
18.5/92.5
90-100 GUSTING TO 110
22-10-2010/0000
19.0/93.0
100-110 GUSTING TO 125
22-10-2010/0600
19.5/93.5
110-120 GUSTING TO 135
22-10-2010/1200
20.0/94.0
110-120 GUSTING TO 135
23-10-2010/0000
21.0/95.0
55-65 GUSTING TO 75
23-10-2010/1200
22.0/96.0
35-45 GUSTING TO 55
VERTICAL WIND SHEAR OF HORIZONTAL WIND OVER THE REGION IS LOW TO MODERATE (5-15 KNOTS) AROUND THE SYSTEM CENTRE. 24 HOUR TENDENCY OF VERTICAL WIND SHEAR SHOWS NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE AROUND SYSTEM CENTRE. SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (280-320 C), AND THE OCEAN HEAT CONTENT OVER CENTRAL BAY OF BENGAL ARE FAVOURABLE FOR INTENSIFICATION. HOWEVER, OCEAN HEAT CONTENT IS LESS THAN 100 KJ/CM2. THE RELATIVE VORTICITY AT 850 HPA LEVEL AND UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE AROUND THE SYSTEM CENTRE ARE ALSO FAVOURABLE FOR INTENSIFICATION. THE SYSTEM LIES CLOSE TO THE SOUTH OF TROPOSPHERIC RIDGE, WHICH ROUGHLY RUNS ALONG 180N AT 200 HPA LEVEL. THERE IS AN ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER CENTRAL INDIA TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE SYSTEM CENTRE AT MID-TROPOSPHERIC LEVEL AND IS EXPECTED TO INFLUENCE THE MOVEMENT OF THE SYSTEM TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST DIRECTION. |
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