KARACHI: Very Severe Cyclonic Storm (VSCS) ‘BIPARJOY’ over northeast Arabian Sea has moved north-northeastward during last 6 hours and now lies near Latitude 22.8°N & Longitude 67.0°E at distance of about 230km south of Karachi, 235km south Thatta and 155km south-southwest of Keti Bandar.

According to PMD report at 10:40pm, maximum sustained surface winds are 120-140 km/hour gusts 150 km/hour around system center and sea conditions being phenomenal around system centre with maximum wave height 25-30 feet. Favourable environmental conditions (sea surface temperature of 29-30°C, low vertical wind shear and upper-level divergence) are in support to sustain its strength through forecast period. Under existing upper-level steering winds, VSCS ‘BIPARJOY’ is likely keep tracking northeastward and cross between Keti Bandar (Southeast Sindh) and Indian Gujarat coast on 15 June evening as Very Severe Cyclonic Storm (VSCS) with packing winds of 100-120 km/hour gusting 140 km/hour. PMD’s cyclone warning centre, Karachi is continuously monitoring system and will issue update accordingly.

With its probable approach to southeast Sindh coast, widespread wind-dust/thunderstorm rain with some very heavy/extremely heavy falls accompanied with squally winds of 100-120km/hour gusting 140km/hour likely in Thatta, Sujawal, Badin, Tharparker, Mirpurkhas and Umerkot districts from June 15-17.

Dust/thunderstorm-rain with few heavy falls and accompanied with squally winds of 60-80 km/hour likely in Karachi, Hyderabad, Tando Muhammad Khan, Tando Allayar, Shaheed Benazirabad and Sanghar districts on today and tomorrow. Dust/thunderstorm-rain with isolated heavy falls likely in Hub, Lasbella and Khuzdar districts of Balochistan today and tomorrow.

Published in The Daily National Courier, June, 16 2023

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