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south Orissa coasts where speeds reached 50 kts (Fig. 14.6).
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14.5 Continuing to move in a northwesterly direction, the severe cyclonic
storm was centred near 16°N 84°K on the morning of 7th, the nearest part of the
coast being only about 200 km from the storm centre (Fig. 14.7). The winds
over the Peninsula came well within the circulation of the storm (Fig. 14.8).
The pressure falls were very much concentrated along the north Andhra coast,
being over 8 mbs. Satellite pictures showed that the western edge of the main
c]oud mass associated with the cyclonic storm reached Telangana and southeast
Madhya Pradesh.
14.6 As the severe cyclonic storm approached, rainfall increased in Coastal
Andhra Pradesh and Orissa, with a few heavy falls. The characteristic distribution
of rainfall associated with the post—monsoon storms was noticed in this
case also. With the storm centre along 16°N, the northward extension of rainfall
was upto coastal West Bengal (latitude 22°N) while to the south of 16°N,
there was hardly any rain over the Peninsula.
14.7 By the same evening, the severe cyclonic storm crossed coast between
Masulipatam and Kakinada. The highest negative departure was 36 mb at
Nidadavole. The storm had travelled at an average speed of about 27 kmph
during the preceeding 12 hrs (perhaps a little fast compared to the normal rate
of travel of cyclones). On 8th morning, it lay as a cyclonic storm over
Telangana and adjoining areas with its centre close to Hyderabad (Figs. 14.9
and 14.10). As the storm moved west, rainfall extended into Telangana and
Rayalaseema. Heavy to very heavy falls occurred in Coastal Andhra Pradesh,
Kalingapatnam recording 15 cm. A number of state rainguage stations in Coastal
Andhra Pradesh recorded rainfall varying from 14 cm to 19 cm.
14.8 With the track of the storm being roughly along 16°N, the rainbelt
expended upto 22°N (on the northern side) i.e. 6° of latitude to the north,
while on the southern side, it hardly extended 1° of latitude. There was no