Cyclone Asna forms by Breaking Multiplying Records -
Cyclone Asna forms this afternoon becoming the first ever named Cyclone in records over the Northeast Arabian Sea in records in the month of August. The Cyclone is one of the 6 Tropical Cyclones that has formed over the Arabian Sea in the month of August followed by 1944, 1967, 1976, 1983 & 2022. On this only in the year of 1944 & 1976 the Cyclones that formed over the Arabian Sea has a overland origin. The Cyclone was also the only one to intensify into a Land Cyclone over the Rann of Kuchh in 63 years after 1961 & becoming the strongest land cyclone too. The Cyclone is also the 2nd known Cyclone named by Indian Meteorological Department in the month of August after Cyclone Komen in 2016 over Bay of Bengal & unofficial 3rd after Cyclone Aurora back in 1983 & Cyclone Komen.
Current Conditions -
At 11:30 AM IST of Today the Cyclone was located at 23.40° North & 68° East with a forward speed of 10 Kph at West. The Cyclone currently has a 1 minute sustained wind speed of 85 Kph as revealed by ASCAT passes with a Central pressure of 983 Mb making it the strongest Arabian Sea Cyclone that formed in the month of August beating Aurora.
The Center of the Cyclone is partially exposed now. Its situated under a Upper Layer Anticyclone & presence of Strong equatorial & poleward outflow & moderately favorable convergence & divergence & warm Sea Surface Temperature of 27-28°C creating favorable conditions for further intensification of the cyclone. As the Cyclone tracks westward along Makaran-Iran Coastline its expected to intensify slightly & might reach a peak intensity of 95 Kph before encountering cooler Sea Surface Temperature (26-27°C) & Somali Jet which will weaken & eventually decoupling its Mid level circulation from lower level weakening the system below Tropical Storm status near Oman Coast by September 2nd. Regardless, the strong winds, heavy rains & high surf due to it will cause a lot of damage to the Makaran-Iran & Oman Coast.
Damage over Gujarat -
The Cyclone has caused extensive flood at Gujarat dumping more than 600 mm rainfall in some places in the span of 48 hours with gale force winds of 65-75 Kph at the mouth of Gulf of Kuchh, causing uprooting trees, damaging National Highway, Submerging most of the Gujarat under water & Killing 39 People across Gujarat & 5 from Rajasthan. The death toll is still expected to increase ahed of the Cyclone. Due to its monsoonal nature over Gujarat the state wasn't able to prepare the damage it time & there wasn't any estimation of this much huge rainfall by the National Agency.
No Further Threat to India from Asna -
As the Cyclone moves away from the Indian Coastline the threat will be gone now from it but there won't be much reduction in the rainfall over Gujarat due to strengthening of monsoon soon for a new low over Bay of Bengal.
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