Cyclone Tej Highlights: Cyclone Tej may cross Yemen-Oman coast on Oct 25

The storm is expected to pass between Salalah, Oman, and Al Ghaidah, Yemen, in the early hours of October 25, according to the weather agency.

Gujarat would not be affected by Cyclone Tej, according to Manorama Mohanty, Director of the Meteorological Centre, who was reported by the news agency PTI on Saturday. She was cited as saying, “Weather in Gujarat will remain dry for the next seven days.”

Twin cyclonic storms are currently occurring in the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal, two bodies of water around India. Warnings have been issued. Cyclone Tej and Cyclone Hamoon are the names of these two storms.

For coastal areas in West Bengal and Odisha, IMD has issued a yellow weather alert for moderate rainfall on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The first cyclonic storm to affect the Arabian Sea this year, Biparjoy, developed over the southeast Arabian Sea on June 6. It made landfall between Saurashtra and Kutch on June 15, and on June 18 it began to lose strength and became a depression.

Fishermen have been warned not to go into the southwest and west central Arabian Seas by the weather agency. However, due to the storm’s characteristics, the Arabian Sea will have extremely rough waves.

As of 0530 hrs IST on 23rd October, Cyclone Tej was situated over the western-central Arabian Sea, approximately 200 km north-northwest of Socotra (Yemen), 300 km south of Salalah (Oman), and 240 km southeast of Al Ghaidah (Yemen). The forecast suggests that it will continue to move northwest and is expected to weaken into a very severe cyclonic storm (VSCS) over the next six hours.

IMD sources anticipate the first northeast monsoon cyclone to develop in the Bay of Bengal next week, named ‘Hamoon’ by Iran. Current weather conditions suggest an imminent formation.

Cyclone Tej intensified into an extremely severe cyclonic storm and lay centred about 160 km east-southeast of Socotra (Yemen), 540 km south-southeast of Salalah (Oman), and 550 km southeast of Al Ghaidah (Yemen) at 8:30 am on Sunday,” the IMD said in a statement.

The Very Severe Cyclonic Storm “Tej” (pronounced as Tej) over west central & adjoining southwest Arabian intensified into an Extremely severe cyclonic Storm: IMD

IMD has said that rainfall activity will begin from 23 October along the coastal areas of Odisha, West Bengal and Bangladesh. However, any heavy rainfall over West Bengal and Odisha coast is not expected.

Boats docked after distant cautionary signal number 1 updated in 9 ports, due to a depression formed over west-central Bay of Bengal.

On Sunday morning, IMD posted on X, formerly Twitter, “VSCS Tej lay centered at 0530 IST of 22nd Oct over WC & adj SW Arabian Sea about 240 km ESE of Socotra (Yemen), 600 km SSE of Salalah (Oman), and 620 km SE of Al Ghaidah (Yemen). Very likely to intensify further into an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm in the forenoon of 22nd Oct.”

Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Saturday said a low-pressure area in the Arabian Sea has developed into a depression and lies at a distance of 1850 km southwest of Karachi, Pakistan, ANI reported

The cyclonic storm is anticipated to strengthen further into a ‘Severe Cyclonic Storm’ by Sunday with wind speeds ranging from 89-117 kmph.

According to IMD, Gujarat will not be affected by the cyclonic storm. “Weather in Gujarat will remain dry for the next seven days,” an IMD official said according to a PTI report

Cyclone Tej, currently 600 km east-southeast of Socotra, Yemen in the southwest Arabian Sea, is expected to strengthen into a severe cyclonic storm within the next 12 hours

The Indian Meteorological Department has warned fishermen to avoid venturing into the sea as the cyclonic storm is expected to intensify into a severe storm on October 22.

Apart from the cyclonic weather system that is developing in Tamil Nadu, Bay of Bengal is also witnessing some action. According to latest weather news, a low pressure area has been noticed centered over Bay of Bengal. This will have an impact at the weather down south. Hence, Tamil Nadu is going to see thunderstorm along with rain.

England will be facing South Africa in today’s World Cup match in Mumbai. Weather plays an important role in the fate of the game. There was some buzz that Cyclone Tej may have some impact on Mumbai’s weather thereby affecting today’s Eng vs SA match. However, weather experts say that it may just be little windy with no major impact on the match.

Hello and welcome to our live blog on the Cyclone Tej. This is the first cyclonic system that has developed in the Arabian Sea after the monsoon.