Please meet Tropical Cyclone Gonu. This is a relative rarety, a severe tropical cyclone in the Arabian Sea, west of Mumbai (India). This hurricane is now packing winds of 100 mph in the centre, which will increase to 125 mph in the next 24 hours. It is heading northwest (towards the top left of the satellite image), and could strike either the southeastern coast of Oman (empty desert), or Pakistan. I don't think Karachi is particularly waiting for this, but the chances of this happening appear to be low. Next bulletin at 0300 GMT tonight (no, I'm not staying up for that), and at 0900 tomorrow, which is the one I'll be seeing. Wave heights near the centre of this system are 33 feet (that's a three-storey block of flats).
Incredible sight, just amazing! This planet is so alive! Thanks Guido. CATHY
ReplyDeleteO man Guido, about 3 mins ago the sky opened it's pouring hard, dense, copious. Winds are fierce, I'm glancing over out the window, alot of branches are blowing off trees' canopy. Wow look at that! When I opened the window my plant just flew off the sill, the wind is incredibly fierce, there's flooding already. Within just minutes! I'm on the east Jersey coast here, it's arrived - holy nature!!! CATHY
ReplyDeleteIt's 7:18 P.M., what's wrong with my computer clock?
ReplyDeleteMy clocks are going backward! It's actually an hour later - 8:24 now, winds picking up, rain still very copious, dense. Humid - the rain isn't cold it's tepid. CATHY
ReplyDeleteYep it's hurricane season now. They say it's going to be a bad one.
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