Cyclone Tauktae alert for Maharashtra

May 15, 2021 12:06 PM | Skymet Weather Team

During the last 24 hours, light to moderate rain and thundershower activities occurred over Madhya Maharashtra and isolated pockets of Marathwada. Mahabaleshwar recorded 31mm, Pune and Colomba 01 mm each, and isolated light rain occurred over Aurangabad in the last 24 hours.

Cyclone Tauktae has formed over the east-central Arabian Sea. Cyclone Tauktae will intensify into a severe cyclone by today evening and into a very severe cyclone by tomorrow morning May 16. At 5:30 am today it was around 350 km south southeast of Goa. It will move in a northerly direction until today evening thereafter, to the north northwest direction parallel to Maharashtra coast. Moderate to heavy rain is expected over Goa, Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, and Kolhapur today. Light rain is expected over Mumbai, Pune, and Ahmednagar. Activities to intensify over Madhya Maharashtra and North Konkan and Goa by tomorrow. There may be moderate showers over Mumbai and suburbs from the evening of May 16. Isolated pockets of north Madhya Maharashtra and North Konkan and Goa including Pune and Mumbai may receive intense spells on May 17. Wind speed over Konkan and Goa will be 40-50 kmph in a gust it may be 60 Kmph. Three conditions will be rough to very rough along with the Maharashtra coast until May 18.

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