There appears to be something wrong with the India Met Dept. Granted meteos the world over are subject of humour, but these guys take the cake – and when they order cheesecakes, they must be getting fruitcakes.
>;->
As per this article (in The Hindu - link disappeared Oct 2012) Cyclone takes zig-zag path nears coast, the cyclone is supposed to cross the coast Thursday morning. Whereas the JTWC has been predicting that the TC will pass land late Thursday evening – see these TC Laila Warnings 06 and 09.
The JTWC TC Laila Warning NR 06 DTG (Date & Time Group) is 19/0300 Z (19/0830 IST).
See this IMD Laila Advisory #11 DTG is 19/0600 UTC (19/1130 IST) where it clearly states Laila will “ CROSS ANDHRA PRADESH COAST BETWEEN NELLORE AND KAKINADA, CLOSE TO MACHILIPATNAM BY MORNING OF 20TH MAY 2010”.
:-X
And since the landfall didn’t happen, here is the another Advisory #17 DTG 20/0000 UTC (20/0530 IST) predicting a landfall by afternoon 20th.
BTW here is the JTWC graphic with Warning NR 10; Watch out Bangladesh, looks like you too might get it.
Heckuva Job guys – thank god she’s Laila & not Katrina
PS: I’ve started using http://www.webcitation.org/ for archiving dynamic content – a real great tool.
>;->
As per this article (in The Hindu - link disappeared Oct 2012) Cyclone takes zig-zag path nears coast, the cyclone is supposed to cross the coast Thursday morning. Whereas the JTWC has been predicting that the TC will pass land late Thursday evening – see these TC Laila Warnings 06 and 09.
The JTWC TC Laila Warning NR 06 DTG (Date & Time Group) is 19/0300 Z (19/0830 IST).
See this IMD Laila Advisory #11 DTG is 19/0600 UTC (19/1130 IST) where it clearly states Laila will “ CROSS ANDHRA PRADESH COAST BETWEEN NELLORE AND KAKINADA, CLOSE TO MACHILIPATNAM BY MORNING OF 20TH MAY 2010”.
:-X
And since the landfall didn’t happen, here is the another Advisory #17 DTG 20/0000 UTC (20/0530 IST) predicting a landfall by afternoon 20th.
BTW here is the JTWC graphic with Warning NR 10; Watch out Bangladesh, looks like you too might get it.
Heckuva Job guys – thank god she’s Laila & not Katrina
PS: I’ve started using http://www.webcitation.org/ for archiving dynamic content – a real great tool.
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