IMD says deep despair over Arabian Sea intensifies into cyclonic storm ‘Biparjoy’

By PTI

NEW DELHI: A deep despair over the southeast Arabian Sea intensified into cyclonic storm ‘Biparjoy’ on Tuesday evening, the India Meteorological Department acknowledged. The determine ‘Biparjoy’ has been given by Bangladesh.

“The deep depression over southeast and adjoining east-central Arabian Sea moved nearly northwards with a speed of 4 kmph, intensified into a cyclonic storm ‘Biparjoy’ (pronounced as ‘Biporjoy’) and lay centered about 920 km west-southwest of Goa, 1050 km southwest of Mumbai, 1130 km south-southwest of Porbandar and 1430 km south of Karachi at 1730 hours,” the IMD acknowledged in a bulletin.

It is extra prone to switch nearly northwards and intensify steadily into a extremely excessive cyclonic storm.

Sea circumstances usually tend to be very extreme alongside and off the Kerala-Karnataka coasts and Lakshadweep-Maldives areas on June 6 and Konkan-Goa-Maharashtra coasts from June 8 to June 10. Fishermen out at sea have been steered to return to the coast.

The IMD had Monday acknowledged the formation of the low-pressure system over the southeast Arabian Sea and its intensification is predicted to critically have an effect on the advance of the monsoon in course of the Kerala coast.  The local weather division, nonetheless, did not give a tentative date for the arrival of the monsoon in Kerala.

Private forecasting firm Skymet Weather acknowledged the monsoon onset over Kerala may happen on June 8 or June 9 nevertheless it is anticipated to be a “meek and mild entry.”

“These powerful weather systems in the Arabian Sea spoil the advancement of the monsoon deep inland. Under their influence, the monsoon stream may reach coastal parts but will struggle to penetrate beyond the Western Ghats,” it acknowledged.

 Satellite image taken between 03:00 pm to 03:26 pm IST displays the location of Cyclone Biparjoy inside the Arabian Sea, on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. (Photo | PTI)

Skymet had earlier predicted the monsoon onset over Kerala on June 7 with an error margin of three days. “The southwest monsoon is likely to arrive within this bracket. Onset criteria require stipulated rainfall on two consecutive days over Lakshadweep, Kerala and coastal Karnataka. Accordingly, the spread and intensity of rainfall may match these requirements on June 8 or June 9. However, the onset of the annual event may not be loud and sound. It may only make a meek and mild entry to start with,” the private local weather forecasting firm acknowledged.

DS Pai, senior scientist, IMD, acknowledged Kerala obtained good rain on Monday too and circumstances are useful for the onset of monsoon over the following two to some days.

The southern peninsula will get rain beneath the have an effect on of the cyclonic storm and a low-pressure system rising inside the Bay of Bengal. However, extra progress of the monsoon previous the southern peninsula will happen after the cyclone degenerates, Pai acknowledged.

The southwest monsoon often items in over Kerala on June 1 with a standard deviation of about seven days. In mid-May, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) acknowledged monsoon might arrive in Kerala by June 4.

The southeast monsoon arrived inside the southern state on May 29 remaining yr, June 3 in 2021, June 1 in 2020, June 8 in 2019 and May 29 in 2018.

Scientists say a barely delayed onset over Kerala does not suggest that the monsoon will attain completely different elements of the nation late. It moreover does not have an effect on the general rainfall over the nation in the middle of the season.

India is predicted to get common rainfall in the middle of the southwest monsoon season whatever the evolving El Nino circumstances, the IMD had earlier acknowledged.

Northwest India is predicted to see common to below-normal rainfall. East and northeast, central, and south peninsula are anticipated to acquire common rainfall at 94-106 per cent of the long-period frequent of 87 centimetres.

NEW DELHI: A deep despair over the southeast Arabian Sea intensified into cyclonic storm ‘Biparjoy’ on Tuesday evening, the India Meteorological Department acknowledged. The determine ‘Biparjoy’ has been given by Bangladesh.

“The deep depression over southeast and adjoining east-central Arabian Sea moved nearly northwards with a speed of 4 kmph, intensified into a cyclonic storm ‘Biparjoy’ (pronounced as ‘Biporjoy’) and lay centered about 920 km west-southwest of Goa, 1050 km southwest of Mumbai, 1130 km south-southwest of Porbandar and 1430 km south of Karachi at 1730 hours,” the IMD acknowledged in a bulletin.

It is extra prone to switch nearly northwards and intensify steadily into a extremely excessive cyclonic storm.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Sea circumstances usually tend to be very extreme alongside and off the Kerala-Karnataka coasts and Lakshadweep-Maldives areas on June 6 and Konkan-Goa-Maharashtra coasts from June 8 to June 10. Fishermen out at sea have been steered to return to the coast.

The IMD had Monday acknowledged the formation of the low-pressure system over the southeast Arabian Sea and its intensification is predicted to critically have an effect on the advance of the monsoon in course of the Kerala coast.  The local weather division, nonetheless, did not give a tentative date for the arrival of the monsoon in Kerala.

Private forecasting firm Skymet Weather acknowledged the monsoon onset over Kerala may happen on June 8 or June 9 nevertheless it is anticipated to be a “meek and mild entry.”

“These powerful weather systems in the Arabian Sea spoil the advancement of the monsoon deep inland. Under their influence, the monsoon stream may reach coastal parts but will struggle to penetrate beyond the Western Ghats,” it acknowledged.

 Satellite image taken between 03:00 pm to 03:26 pm IST displays the location of Cyclone Biparjoy inside the Arabian Sea, on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. (Photo | PTI)

Skymet had earlier predicted the monsoon onset over Kerala on June 7 with an error margin of three days. “The southwest monsoon is likely to arrive within this bracket. Onset criteria require stipulated rainfall on two consecutive days over Lakshadweep, Kerala and coastal Karnataka. Accordingly, the spread and intensity of rainfall may match these requirements on June 8 or June 9. However, the onset of the annual event may not be loud and sound. It may only make a meek and mild entry to start with,” the private local weather forecasting firm acknowledged.

DS Pai, senior scientist, IMD, acknowledged Kerala obtained good rain on Monday too and circumstances are useful for the onset of monsoon over the following two to some days.

The southern peninsula will get rain beneath the have an effect on of the cyclonic storm and a low-pressure system rising inside the Bay of Bengal. However, extra progress of the monsoon previous the southern peninsula will happen after the cyclone degenerates, Pai acknowledged.

The southwest monsoon often items in over Kerala on June 1 with a standard deviation of about seven days. In mid-May, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) acknowledged monsoon might arrive in Kerala by June 4.

The southeast monsoon arrived inside the southern state on May 29 remaining yr, June 3 in 2021, June 1 in 2020, June 8 in 2019 and May 29 in 2018.

Scientists say a barely delayed onset over Kerala does not suggest that the monsoon will attain completely different elements of the nation late. It moreover does not have an effect on the general rainfall over the nation in the middle of the season.

India is predicted to get common rainfall in the middle of the southwest monsoon season whatever the evolving El Nino circumstances, the IMD had earlier acknowledged.

Northwest India is predicted to see common to below-normal rainfall. East and northeast, central, and south peninsula are anticipated to acquire common rainfall at 94-106 per cent of the long-period frequent of 87 centimetres.