Depression over Southeast and Lakshadweep & Arabian Sea move northwards: Pre- Cyclone Watch

It is very likely to intensify further into a deep depression during the next 06 hours, into a Cyclonic Storm during the subsequent 24 hours and into a Severe Cyclonic Storm thereafter.

The depression over Southeast and adjoining Lakshadweep & East-central Arabian Sea moved northwards with a speed of about 31 kmph in last three hours and lay centred at 0830 hrs IST of today, the 10th June, 2019 near latitude 12.5°N and longitude 71.0°E over Eastcentral and adjoining Southeast Arabian Sea & Lakshadweep area, about 240 km northwest of Amini Divi (Lakshadweep), 760 km south-southwest of Mumbai (Maharashtra) and 930 km south-southeast of Veraval (Gujarat). It is very likely to intensify further into a deep depression during the next 06 hours, into a Cyclonic Storm during the subsequent 24 hours and into a Severe Cyclonic Storm thereafter. It is likely to move north-northwestwards during the next 72 hours.

It is very likely to cause an adverse impact in terms of wind & rainfall over Saurashtra & Kutch mainly on 13th & 14th June 2019.

(With Inputs from PIB)