Cyclone Jawad Getting Week Gradually; May Turn Into Depression

December 4

Cyclone Jawad Getting Week Gradually

The  Cyclonic   Storm   ‘JAWAD’   (Pronounced   as   JOWAD)   over   Westcentral   Bay   of   Bengal   moved   nearly northwards with a speed of 06 kmph during past 06 hours and lay centered at 0830 hrs IST of today, the 04th December2021,   over   Westcentral   Bay   of   Bengal, about   320 km south of Gopalpur (Odisha), 390 km south­southwest of Puri (Odisha) and 470 km south­southwest of Paradip (Odisha).

It is likely to weaken gradually and move nearly northwards during next12 hours and then north­northeastwards 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 north­northeastwards along Odisha  coast towards West Bengal coast.

As per the forecast by IMD, heavy to heavy rainfall is likely to occur at one or two places with extremely heavy falls in some places in Puri & Jagatsinghpur District.

Also, IMD has issued orange warnings for the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak Kendrapada, Cuttack, Khordha, Ganjam, Gajapati and Jajpur. Some Parts of the districts may witness heavy to very heavy rainfall.