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West India, Pakistan Face an Unusual Encounter with Cyclone Vayu
https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/West-India-Pakistan-Face-Unusual-Encounter-Cyclone-Vayu?cm_ven=cat6-widget[quote]Gathering steam over the warm waters west of India, Tropical Cyclone Vayu will approach the coast of far western India and Pakistan later this week on an uncommon and potentially serious track.
As of 12Z Tuesday, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center placed the center of Vayu about 250 miles southwest of Mumbai, India. Vayu was packing top sustained one-minute winds of minimal Cat 1 strength (65 mph) and moving almost due north at 9 mph. Little change in motion is expected through at least Wednesday afternoon EDT.
Vayu’s core of showers and thunderstorms (convection) was healthy but not especially large on Tuesday afternoon. However, the cyclone already had a sprawling circulation, with gale-force winds extending as far out as to 140 mph to the southeast. These winds rotating around Vayu appears to working in tandem with the normal southwesterly monsoon flow. Together, the flows will push ample moisture toward the west coast of India and spawn heavy coastal rains.[/quote]