Storm Manhasen (01B) Indian Ocean

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May 13, 2013

Earth Watch Report – Storms

Tropical Cyclone
01B (MAHASEN)
JTWC ATCF Track

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Active tropical storm system(s)

Name of storm system	Location	Formed	Last update	Last category	Course	Wind Speed	Gust	Wave	Source	Details
Mahasen (01B)	Indian Ocean	09.05.2013	13.05.2013	Tropical Depression	310 °	93 km/h	120 km/h	6.40 m	JTWC

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Tropical Storm data


Storm name:	Mahasen (01B)
Area:	Indian Ocean
Start up location:	N 4° 48.000, E 93° 36.000
Start up:	10th May 2013
Status:	Active
Track long:	660.36 km
Top category.:
Report by:	JTWC

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Past track
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave	Pressure	Source
11th May 2013	05:24:03	N 7° 0.000, E 91° 0.000	24	74	93	Tropical Storm	315	12		JTWC
13th May 2013	05:22:18	N 11° 30.000, E 86° 42.000	15	93	120	Tropical Storm	355	18		JTWC

Current position
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave feet	Pressure	Source
13th May 2013	16:11:52	N 12° 24.000, E 85° 42.000	17	93	120	Cyclone I	310 °	21		JTWC

Forecast track
Date	Time	Position	Category	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Source
15th May 2013	12:00:00	N 17° 24.000, E 87° 54.000	Cyclone I	120	148	JTWC
15th May 2013	00:00:00	N 16° 6.000, E 86° 54.000	Cyclone I	111	139	JTWC
16th May 2013	12:00:00	N 20° 0.000, E 90° 0.000	Cyclone II	130	157	JTWC
17th May 2013	12:00:00	N 23° 0.000, E 92° 54.000	Cyclone I	93	120	JTWC
18th May 2013	12:00:00	N 26° 0.000, E 99° 54.000	Tropical Depression	56	74	JTWC

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Storm Mahasen targets Bangladesh, Myanmar

by Agence France-Presse
Posted on 05/14/2013 7:35 AM | Updated 05/14/2013 7:35 AM

GIANT STORM. NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this visible image of a well-rounded Tropical Cyclone Mahasen in the Northern Indian Ocean on May 15 at 07:55 UTC (3:55 a.m. EDT). Mahasen is northeast of Sri Lanka and moving northward. NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response TeamCHITTAGONG, Bangladesh – Bangladesh warned millions of people Monday, May 13, that a cyclone could barrel into their coastal homes later this week as authorities in Myanmar began moving potential victims to higher ground.

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department said that while it was too soon to predict where cyclonic storm Mahasen would hit, it raised its alert to four, meaning “there are increased chances that the cyclone will hit the coast”.

The department’s deputy head Shamsuddin Ahmed said Mahasen was currently in the Bay of Bengal, 1,355 kilometers (840 miles) south west of Chittagong, and could make landfall in the southeast of the country on Thursday.

“Mahasen is still a cyclonic storm. It has not gathered enough strength to become a severe cyclone. But it is likely to intensify further,” he told AFP.

The government has made preparations for the cyclone, but will wait until it has firmer information as to where it would make landfall before issuing any evacuation order, Chittagong provincial administrator Muhammad Abdullah said.

“We’ve alerted the people living in coastal areas, but have not evacuated any of them because we still don’t know where the cyclone will hit. But we’re fully prepared to face any situation,” he told AFP.

He said authorities have set up logistics support and kept cyclone preparedness volunteers, doctors and officials ready for the cyclone.

Around 30 million of Bangladesh’s population of 153 million live along the coast, and Chittagong is the country’s second largest city.

Monday’s warning from Bangladesh echoed a similar alert from Myanmar’s Department of Meteorology and Hydrology at the weekend.

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Tropical Cyclone Mahasen (Northern Indian Ocean)

05.13.13

MODIS image of Tropical Cyclone Mahasen

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NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this visible image of a well-rounded Tropical Cyclone Mahasen in the Northern Indian Ocean on May 15 at 07:55 UTC (3:55 a.m. EDT). Mahasen is northeast of Sri Lanka and moving northward. Credit: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team NASA Sees a Strengthening Tropical Cyclone Mahasen

The first tropical cyclone in the Northern Indian Ocean this season has been getting better organized as seen in NASA satellite imagery. Tropical Cyclone Mahasen is projected to track north through the Bay of Bengal and make landfall later this week.

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite captured a visible image of Tropical Cyclone Mahasen in the Northern Indian Ocean on May 15 at 07:55 UTC (3:55 a.m. EDT). The image was created by NASA’s MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland and showed Mahasen had consolidated over the last two days. Mahasen appeared rounded and its strongest thunderstorms appeared to be surrounding the center of circulation. The center also appears to be topped with a large dense overcast. The image showed Mahasen’s center was northeast of Sri Lanka, although a band of strong thunderstorms south of the storm’s center were affecting the island nation at the time of the image.