The life cycle of a monstrous storm tipped to hit the east coast by this weekend and trigger heavy rain in Kolkata, was kick-started with the emergence of a low-pressure area over the Andaman Sea on Wednesday.
Till Wednesday night, Met officials did not provide any additional details on the time and space of landfall of Cyclone Jawad. It would “reach near” the Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coasts around Saturday morning, a Wednesday bulletin iterated after a similar one a day before.
The system, over Thailand on Tuesday, had moved to the centre of Andaman Sea in 24 hours. Moving west-northwestwards, it is likely to reach “southeast and adjoining east-central Bay of Bengal” by Thursday, intensifying into a depression during its journey.
By Friday, the system would turn into Cyclone Jawad, having moved to central parts of the Bay of Bengal,…
