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Over the next 6 hours, it intensified into cyclonic storm and was named Dana by the IMD. [ b ] On October 23, it further intesified into a severe cyclonic storm. [ 54 ] The system made landfall between 23:30 IST of October 24 and 08:30 IST of October 25 close to Habalikhati Nature Camp ( Bhitarkanika ) and Dhamra Port on the Odisha Coast ...
IMD undertakes observations, communications, forecasting and weather services. In collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organisation, the IMD also uses the IRS series and the Indian National Satellite System (INSAT) for weather monitoring of the Indian subcontinent. IMD was first weather bureau of a developing country to develop and ...
Severe Cyclonic Storm Dana [a] (/ ˈ d ɑː n ə /) was a strong tropical cyclone which affected the states of West Bengal and Odisha in India. [2] The third cyclonic storm and second severe cyclonic storm of the 2024 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Dana formed from a low pressure area that the Indian Meteorological Department first monitored on October 20.
The storm's spiral bands were seen wrapping along its obscured low-level circulation center (LLCC), while its Dvorak rating stood at T2.5 at that time. [30] At 15:00 UTC (20:30 IST), the IMD further upgraded it to a severe cyclonic storm, as the clouds had become well-organized moving with a defined curved pattern. [31]
By 14:30 IST on 29 November, the system became organized and strengthened into a cyclonic storm, given the name Fengal by the IMD. At that time, it was 300 km southeast of Chennai and moved of 13 km/h. [13] On the early morning of 30 November, Fengal reached its peak intensity with 3-minute sustained winds of 85 km/h. [14]
The Ministry of Earth Sciences was formed on 29 January 2006 from a merger of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), [2] the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), [3] the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune (IITM), [4] the Earth Risk Evaluation Centre (EREC) and the Ministry of Ocean Development.
On July 31, both the IMD and JTWC began tracking a new area of low pressure in the northeastern part of the Bay of Bengal. Later that day, JTWC upgraded the system to Tropical Cyclone 04B. IMD designated it as Deep Depression BOB 03 and later made landfall in Khepupara before dissipating in Eastern India. On September 30, IMD designated ...
Hours later, BOB 09 gained momentum and in the agency's fifth bulletin, it was reported that it had turned into a deep depression. [6] On 23 October, the cyclone intensified further into a cyclonic storm, thus receiving the name Sitrang by the IMD; the name Sitrang was contributed by Thailand .