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Sub: (a) Cyclonic Storm, ‘LUBAN’ over westcentral & adjoining southwest Arabian Sea; (b) Depression over eastcentral Bay of Bengal: Pre-cyclone watch for Odisha and north Andhra Pradesh coasts

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India Meteorological Department Earth System Science Organisation (Ministry of Earth Sciences)
BULLETIN NO. : 14 (ARB 04/2018) and BULLETIN NO.: 4 (BOB 08/2018)

(a) Cyclonic Storm, ‘LUBAN’ over westcentral & adjoining southwest Arabian Sea:

The Cyclonic Storm over westcentral & adjoining southwest Arabian Sea moved further west-northwestwards with a speed of about 14 kmph in last 06 hours and lay centered at 1730 hrs IST of today, the 08 th October 2018 over westcentral & adjoining southwest Arabian Sea, near latitude 12.5°N and longitude 61.0°E, about 900 km east-southeast of Salalah (Oman) and 770 km east of Socotra Islands (Yemen). It is very likely to intensify into a Severe Cyclonic Storm during next 24 hours. It is very likely to move west-northwestwards towards Yemen & South Oman Coasts during next 5 days.