WTIN01 DEMS 251800 ------------------------------------------------------- SHIPPING BULLETIN FOR MET. AREA VIII (N),NORTH OF EQUATOR VALID FOR 24 HOURS. FROM 25/05/2009 1800 UTC 25 MAY 2009 ========================================================= PART I :- THE SEVERE CYCLONIC STROM (AILA) OVER NORT-WEST BAY OF BENGAL MOVED IN A NEAR NORTHELY DIRECTION AND CROSSED WEST BENGAL COAST CLOSE TO SAGAR IDS BETWEEN 0800 UTC AND 0900 UTC ( 1330 AND 1430 HRS IST ) AND LAY CENTERD AT 0900 UTC (1430 HRS IST) OF THE TODAY THE 25TH MAY 2009 OVER GWB CLOSE TO DIAMOND HARBOUR IT FURTHER MOVED SLIGHTLY NORTH WARD AND LAY CENTERD AT 1200 UTC (1730 HRS IST) OF TODAY THE 25TH MAY 2009 OVER GWB CLOSE TO KOLKATTA (.) THE SYSTEM IS LIKELY TO MOVE IN A NEAR NORTHELY DIRECTION AND WEAKEN GRADUALLY (.) PART II :- WEATHER SEASONAL OVER REST MET AREA VIII (N) PART III : FORECAST(.) ARB: A1 ARABIAN SEA EQUATOR TO 10 DEG.N AND W OF 80 DEG.E(.) I)WIND:-SW/W 15/20 KTS (.) II)WEATHER:- SCATTERED RA/TS(.) III)VISIBILITY:-POOR IN RA/TS (.) IV) STATE OF SEA:-MODERATE (.) ARB :A2 ARABIAN SEA N. OF 10 DEG N.AND W OF 80 DEG E.(.) I)WIND:-W/NW 10/15 KTS (.) II)WEATHER:- SCATTERED RA/TS TO THE E OF 68 DEG.E(.) REST AREA WX FAIR(.) III)VISIBILITY: POOR IN RA/TS (.) IV)STATE OF SEA: SLIGHT (.) BOB:A3 BAY OF BENGAL EQUATOR TO 10 DEG.N AND E OF 80 DEG.E(.) I)WIND:-MAINLY SW-LY 15/20 KTS (.) II)WEATHER:-FAIRLY WIDESPREAD RA/TS TO THE N-OF 05 DEG N (.) REST AREA ISOLATED RA/TS(.) III)VISIBILITY:- POOR IN RA/TS (.) IV)STATE OF SEA:MODERATE (.) BOB A4 : BAY OF BENGAL N OF 10 DEG.N AND E OF 80 DEG E(.) I)WIND:- SW-LY 20/25 KTS (.) II)WEATHER:- FAIRLY WIDESPRAED RA/TS (.) III)VISIBILITY:POOR IN RA/TS (.) IV) STATE OF SEA: ROUGH (.) ISSUED BY INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT