Tauktae Cyclone intensifies into a severe cyclonic storm to hit Gujarat: IMD

According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the India Meteorological Department, the Exceptionally Extreme Cyclonic Storm “Tauktae”  over east-central Middle eastern Ocean moved north-north-westwards with a speed of approximately 18 kmph amid past 06 hours and lay centred at 0230 hours IST of 17th May, 2021 over east-central Middle eastern Ocean close scope 18.0°N and longitude 71.7°E, approximately 360 km north-northwest of Panjim-Goa, 170 km south-southwest of Mumbai, 350 km south-southeast of Veraval (Gujarat), 310 km south-southeast of Diu and 900 km south-southeast of Karachi (Pakistan). It is exceptionally likely to move north-north-westwards and reach Gujarat coast within the evening hours of 17th& cross Gujarat coast between Porbandar & Mahuva (Bhavnagar locale) amid early hours of 18th May as an Awfully Extreme Cyclonic Storm with a most extreme supported surface wind speed 155-165 kmph blasting to 185 kmph.

Wind cautioning:-

Storm winds speed arriving at 70-90 kmph blasting to 100 kmph liable to win along and off Dadra, Nagar Haveli, Daman, Valsad, Navsari, Surat, Surendranagar, locale from seventeenth 12 PM till eighteenth morning.

Ocean condition :-

Winning high to extremely high ocean condition over eastcentral Arabian Sea will be exceptionally high to Phenomenal over upper east Arabian Sea from seventeenth morning till eighteenth May early afternoon and improve bit by bit from there on. Ocean conditions will be extremely unpleasant to High along and off south Maharashtra–Goa coasts during next 12 hours and along and off north Maharashtra coast on seventeenth Morning. It is probably going to be unpleasant to High along and off south Gujarat coast from seventeenth May morning and high to Phenomenal from seventeenth 12 PM, till eighteenth May forenoon and improve progressively from that point.