by a Thinker, Sailor, Blogger, Irreverent Guy from Madras

India Met Department is Idiots Met Department


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.

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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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