Very Severe Cyclonic Storm “VARDAH” Landfall Expected Over North Tamilnadu Coast Chennai Vicinity Today 12th December Afternoon

Posted on12/12/201612/12/2016AuthorAshok Patel109 Comments

Current Weather Conditions on 12th December 2016

The Very Severe Cyclonic Storm, VARDAH over West Central and adjoining South Bay of Bengal moved further Westwards and is located at Latitude 13.25ºN and Longitude 80.75ºE at 0430 UTC (11.00 IST), about 55 km from Chennai as per UW-CIMSS Landfall expected over North Tamilnadu coast near Chennai around 3.00 pm. IST today the 12th December 2016.

1 knot= 1.85 km./hour

JTWC Tropical Cyclone 05B.VARDAH (Very Severe Cyclonic STorm “VARDAH”) Warning No. 19

Issued at 0300 UTC on 12th December 2016

NRL IR Satellite Image of 05B.VARDAH (Very Severe Cyclonic Storm “VARDAH”)

on 12th December 2016 @ 0530 UTC (11.00 am. IST)

NRL Water Visible Satellite Image of 05B.VARDAH (Very Severe Cyclonic Storm “VARDAH”)

on 12th December 2016 @ 0530 UTC (11.00 am. IST)

UW-CIMSS Automated Satellite-Based
Advanced Dvorak Technique (ADT)
Version 8.2.1
Tropical Cyclone Intensity Estimation Algorithm

Current Intensity Analysis

                     UW - CIMSS                     
              ADVANCED DVORAK TECHNIQUE       
                  ADT-Version 8.2.1                
         Tropical Cyclone Intensity Algorithm       

             ----- Current Analysis ----- 
     Date :  12 DEC 2016    Time :   043000 UTC
      Lat :   13:14:56 N     Lon :   80:45:17 E

     
                CI# /Pressure/ Vmax
                4.1 / 985.3mb/ 67.4kt

     
             Final T#  Adj T#  Raw T# 
                3.8     4.2     5.6

 Estimated radius of max. wind based on IR : 12 km

 Center Temp : -22.5C    Cloud Region Temp : -68.9C

 Scene Type : EYE  

 Positioning Method : SPIRAL ANALYSIS 

 Ocean Basin : INDIAN        
 Dvorak CI > MSLP Conversion Used : CKZ Method  

 Tno/CI Rules : Constraint Limits : 0.5T/hour
                   Weakening Flag : ON    
           Rapid Dissipation Flag : OFF   

 C/K/Z MSLP Estimate Inputs :
  - Average 34 knot radii :   92km
  - Environmental MSLP    : 1009mb

 Satellite Name :    MET7 
 Satellite Viewing Angle : 31.5 degrees

Caution: Please refer/rely on IMD/RSMC Bulletins/Advisories for Storms & Weather related matter.

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