Special warning for Bay of Bengal:

Seasonal winds from Northeasterly direction speed reaching 35-45 kmph gusting to 50-55 kmph likely to prevail along and off south Tamil Nadu coast and over Comorin area.
Seasonal winds from Northeasterly direction speed reaching 35-45 kmph likely to prevail along and off north Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts.

INFORMATION ON CYCLONIC STORM:

The cyclonic storm ‘PABUK’ over Andaman Sea & neighbourhood moved northnorthwestwards with a speed of 20 kmph during past 06 hours. It lay centered at 0530 hours IST of today, the 06 th January, 2019 over Andaman Sea & neighbourhood near latitude 11.0°N and longitude 95.5°E, about 310 km east-southeast of Port Blair. It is very likely to continue to move north-northwestwards and cross Andaman Islands by tonight a s a Cyclonic Storm with a wind speed of 65-75 kmph gusting to 85 kmph. Thereafter, it is very likely to move north-northwestwards and then recurve northeastwards towards Myanmar coast and weaken gradually thereafter

Wind warning:

Gale wind speed reaching 65-75 kmph gusting to 85 kmph is likely to prevail over Andaman Islands, Andaman Sea and adjoining areas of eastcentral and southeast Bay of Bengal till today night i.e. 6 th January. It is very likely to gradually decrease thereafter becoming 55-65 kmph gusting to 75 kmph over southeast Bay of Bengal, Andaman Islands and adjoining Andaman Sea & eastcentral Bay of Bengal by 7 th evening and 40-50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph over eastcentral and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal by 8th morning . Squally wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph is likely to prevail over Nicobar Islands till 7 th morning.

Sea condition:

The sea condition will be high over Andaman Islands, Andaman Sea and adjoining areas of eastcentral and southeast Bay of Bengal from 6th morning till the morning of 7th . Thereafter, it will become very rough over southeast Bay of Bengal, Andaman Islands and adjoining Andaman Sea and eastcentral Bay of Bengal by 7 th night and rough over eastcentral and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal by 8th morning. The sea condition will be rough to very rough over Nicobar Islands till 6th night

Action suggested:

Total suspension of fishing operation over Andaman Sea and adjoining southeast and eastcentral Bay of Bengal till 7 th January and over eastcentral & adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal on 8th . Fishermen are advised not to venture into Andaman Sea and adjoining southeast and eastcentral Bay of Bengal during the same period.