Tropical storm Wipha formed in South China sea in between Southeast China and Philippines. The storm is currently located around 20.7 degrees N, 110.9 degrees E, very close to Hainan. The present location of the storm is in the sea, which is extreme southeast part of China adjacent Hainan. The storm is currently moving west northwestward,
Wipha will cross tip of China and Hainan, entering the Gulf of Tonkin. The system will make a landfall anytime now. Wipha is expected to not strengthen further, entering the Gulf, which will once again be on the proximity of the coast, restricting its strengthening.
Once it enters the Gulf in around 24 hours, i.e. around August 2, it will again be on the coast and have a second landfall, northern parts of Vietnam, and Laos. Thereafter in 48 hours, around August 2, it will be hanging around Thailand, further moving towards Myanmar on August 4.
In fact, around August 5, the system will move towards the Northeast Bay of Bengal not very far from the Odisha and West Bengal coast. A Cyclonic Circulation will be there during that time and both the systems will merge becoming a depression around August 6, over Northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining West Bengal and Odisha being partly over sea and land. The depression’s peripherals will affect the areas and as the system.
Thus rains are expected over West Bengal, North Odisha and as the system moves inland, rains will be seen over Chhattisgarh, North Jharkhand, and Madhya Pradesh. Along with this, rainfall will be seen in parts of Rajasthan, rains will be seen over the state along with parts of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana.
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