As cyclone Jawad Approaches ,Bengal Likely To Receive Heavy Rainfall

The Cyclonic Storm ‘JAWAD’ (Pronounced as JOWAD) over westcentral Bay of  Bengal moved nearly northwards with a speed of 6 kmph during past 06 hours and lay centered at 0830 hrs IST of today, the 04th December 2021, over westcent…

The Cyclonic Storm ‘JAWAD’ (Pronounced as JOWAD) over westcentral Bay of  Bengal moved nearly northwards with a speed of 6 kmph during past 06 hours and lay centered at 0830 hrs IST of today, the 04th December 2021, over westcentral Bay of Bengal near Lat. 

16.4°N and Long. 84.8°E, about 210 km east-southeast of Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 320 km south of Gopalpur (Odisha), 390 km south-southwest of Puri (Odisha) and 470 km south-southwest of Paradip (Odisha).

It is likely to move nearly northwards, weaken gradually during next 12 hours and then move north-northeastwards along Odisha coast reaching near Puri around 5th December noon as a Deep Depression. Subsequently, it is likely to weaken further and continue to move north-northeastwards along Odisha coast towards West Bengal coast.

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