According to IMD, the VSCS ‘Biparjoy’ is likely to move nearly northwards and reach near Pakistan and adjoining Saurashtra and Kutch coasts on Thursday.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday said that the very severe cyclonic storm (VSCS) ‘Biparjoy’ located over the east-central Arabian Sea intensifed into an extremely severe cyclonic storm at 5.30 am.
IMD’s latest tweet read, “VSCS BIPARJOY intensified into an ESCS at 0530IST today, about 480 km SSW of Porbandar. 530 km SSW of Dwarka and 610 km SSW of Naliya .
To cross Saurashtra & Kutch and adj. Pakistan coasts bw Mandvi, Gujarat and Karachi, Pakistan around noon of 15th June as VSCS.”
According to IMD, the VSCS ‘Biparjoy’ is likely to move nearly northwards. And reach near Pakistan and adjoining Saurashtra and Kutch coasts on Thursday.
The IMD categorises a system as a Cyclonic Storm when its 3-minute average maximum sustained wind speeds fall between 63-88 kmph.
Similarly, a severe cyclonic storm has winds between 89-117 kmph, a very severe cyclonic storm between 118-165 kmph. And an extremely severe cyclonic storm between 166-220 kmph. Wind speeds above 221 kmph give rise to a super cyclone.