Weather Report: Super Cyclone Mocha landfalls in Myanmar, thunderstorms predicted in parts of East India

Cyclone Mocha attained the category of “Super Cyclone” on Saturday night as the maximum wind gust reported by Joint Typhoon Warning Center as 150 Knots, a category 5 hurricane made the landfall near Sittwe in Myanmar on the Sunday afternoon, the tropical disturbance de-intensified to a lower category with maximum wind gusts of 130 to 135 Knots, the coast of Myanmar braced the monster with a maximum wind gust of 240 km/h and storm surge of at least 3 to 3.5 meters in height, a complete mayhem by the mother nature on the Mother’s Day. Sustained Eye wall of the cyclone Mocha even after making a landfall on the surface shows the strength of this tropical disturbance As the cyclone pulled out all the moisture content from the atmosphere in the interiors of the country along with the formation of anti cyclonic circulation over arabian sea most parts in north, central and southern India baked in season’s first widespread Heatwave as maximum temperatures crossed 40°C mark for most stations while reported above 45°C at a few stations in Rajasthan, Haryana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh this weekend. Bay brewed “Mocha” but India got baked in the heat wave as temperature anomaly is 4 to 5 degrees above normal at various parts Past week has turned up to be relatively dry as action shifted to seas, in the pre-monsoon season far between 1 March till 14 May country as whole received a total of 112.5mm rainfall against the normal of 94.0 mm, departure from normal stands at +20 per cent, fell from +30 per cent reported last Sunday. Pre-monsoon seasonal rains so far in India till 14th May Current synoptic weather features influencing weather in India as on 14 May, 2023: • The Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm “Mocha” over Northeast Bay of Bengal moved north-northeast wards with a speed of 28 kmph during past 6 hours, crossed north Myanmar, southeast Bangladesh coasts between Kyaukpyu and Cox’s Bazar close to north of Sittwe near latitude 20.25°N and longitude 92.75°E as an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm with wind speed of 180-190 kmph gusting to 210 kmph during 12:30 to 14:30 hours IST on 14 May 2023.