(The Gist of PIB) Cyclone Vayu Warning for Gujarat Coast: Orange Message [JUNE-2019]

Cyclone Vayu Warning for Gujarat Coast: Orange Message

• ‘VAYU’ (pronounced as VAA’YU) has been categorised as a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm.
• It is very likely to move north-northwestwards for some time and then northwestwards skirting the Saurashtra coast with wind speed 135-145 kmph gusting to 160 kmph.

About:

• The criteria followed by Meteorological Department of India (IMD) to classify the low pressure systems in the Bay of Bengal and in the Arabian Sea as adopted by World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) are as under:

Type of Disturbances (and Associated Wind Speed in the Circulation):

• Low pressure Area: Less than 17 knots (<31 kmph)
• Depression: 17 to 27 knots (31 to 49 kmph)
• Deep Depression: 28 to 33 knots (50 to 61 kmph)
• Cyclonic Storm: 34 to 47 knots (62 to 88 kmph)
• Severe Cyclonic Storm: 48 to 63 knots (89 to 118 kmph)
• Very Severe Cyclonic Storm: 64 to 119 knots (119 to 221 kmph)
• Super Cyclonic Storm: 119 knots and above (221 kmph and above)

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