Latest Update on Very Sever Cyclone "HUDHUD" as on 9:30 am on 12.10.2014 Summary: Latest Position Lat 17.4ºN and Lon 83.8ºE 60 km east-south-east of Visakhapatnam Current Intensity Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Maximum Wind of 195Kmph Storm surge 1-2 meters above astronomical tide. Would inundate low lying areas of Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts Crossing Point Near Visakhapatnam by the noon(12:30pm to 03:00pm) of Today (12th October 2014) Rainfall Heavy (6.5 – 12.4 cm) to very heavy falls (12.5 – 24.4 cm) at a few places and isolated extremely heavy falls (≥ 24.5 cm) would occur over Krishna, west and east Godavari, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts of north coastal Andhra Pradesh from 11th evening onwards. Heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over remaining districts of Andhra Pradesh. Reported at APSDPS Automatic Weather Station about 72kmph at Gara Maximum Winds mandal, Srikakulam district, 54kmph in Paravada in Vishakhapatnam, 47kmph in Bhoghapuram, Vizianagaram. Observed Rainfall 14 stations in Srikakulam recorded more than 60mm maximum recorded is 94mm in Sompeta, 6stations in Vizianagaram maximum recorded in Bhogapuram is 103mm, 2stations in Vishakhapatnam recorded morethan 60mm maximum recorded is 90mm in Bhimunipatnam. Latest Predicted Track: Track as forecasted by Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) of US Navy Possible Wind Damage as simulated by models available with APSDPS List of Possible Mandals for Wind and Storm Surge Damage due to Severe Cyclone "HUDHUD" S.No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DISTRICT East Godavari East Godavari East Godavari East Godavari East Godavari East Godavari East Godavari East Godavari East Godavari East Godavari East Godavari East Godavari East Godavari East Godavari East Godavari East Godavari East Godavari East Godavari East Godavari East Godavari Mandals Addateegala Rajavommangi Gangavaram Kotananduru Tuni Sankhavaram Prathipadu Yeleswaram Gokavaram Jaggampeta Thondangi Gollaprolu Kirlampudi Gandepalle Pithapuram Peddapuram Kothapalle Samalkota (urban) Kakinada Rural Thallarevu FORECASTED MANDAL-WISE RAINFALL DATA FOR NEXT 3 Days based on 11-10-2014 00 UTC to 14-10-2014 00 UTC S No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 District Eastgodavari Eastgodavari Eastgodavari Eastgodavari Eastgodavari Eastgodavari Eastgodavari MANDAL_NAME MAREDUMILLI Y RAMAVARAM RAJAVOMMANGI KOTANANDURU TUNI THONDANGI ROUTHULAPUDI 11th -12th Oct,2014 0.2 0.1 2.0 13.2 15.8 19.2 15.4 12th -13th Oct,2014 82.5 150.2 109.4 89.8 80.8 38.0 44.2 *Mandals with rainfall exceeding 65mm in 3 days is included in the list 13th -14th Oct,2014 11th -14th Oct,2014 7.0 9.0 8.9 10.9 13.5 9.2 8.3 89.7 159.3 120.3 113.8 110.1 66.4 67.9 Latest Bulletin issued by IMD: The Very Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘HUDHUD’ over westcentral Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards with a speed of about 15 kmph during the last 06 hours and lay centered at 0830 hours IST of 12th October 2014 near latitude 17.4ºN and longitude 83.8ºE, about 60 km east-southeast of Visakhapatnam. The system would move west-northwestwards and cross north Andhra Pradesh coast close to Visakhapatnam around noon of today, the 12th October 2014. Date/Time(IST) 12-10-2014/0830 12-10-2014/1130 12-10-2014/1730 12-10-2014/2330 13-10-2014/0530 13-10-2014/1730 Position (Lat. 0N/ long. 0E) 17.4/83.8 17.8/83.5 18.2/83.3 18.7/82.7 19.2/82.2 20.0/81.5 Maximum sustained surface wind speed (kmph) 170-180 gusting to 195 170-180 gusting to 195 100-120 gusting to 130 80-90 gusting to 100 55-65 gusting to 75 40-50 gusting to 60 Category of cyclonic disturbance Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Severe Cyclonic Storm Cyclonic Storm Deep Depression Depression Latest Satellite Imagery showing current Position: Latest Doppler Rader image: Latest Cloud Top Temperature image: * Areas with temperature less than -400 are prone to rainfall