Alerts / Advisories (61)

Issue Date: 13 August, 2022 11:06 PM

Depression over North Arabian Sea
(Final Alert)

The Depression (Intense Low-Pressure Area) over North Arabian Sea has further moved southwestward, weakened into a well-marked low (WML) & now located near Latitude 21.8N & Longitude 63.0 E, at a distance of about 540km southwest of Karachi, 600km from Thatta & 410km south of Ormara. Maximum sustained surface winds are 40-45 km/hr around the system centre. The system is likely to weaken further, move northwestwards for some time and then recurve northeastwards as a low-pressure area.

Impacts:

  • Sea conditions would remain rough/ very rough till tomorrow.
  • Fishermen of Sindh & Balochistan are advised not to venture in open sea till tomorrow.

NOTE: All concerned Authorities are requested to remain vigilant and keep them abreast for update through PMD website.

Issued By: Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre, Karachi

Issue Date: 13 August, 2022 10:00 AM

Depression over Northeast Arabian Sea
(Alert-III)

The Depression (Intense Low-Pressure Area) over North Arabian Sea has moved in west-southwest direction during last 12 hours & now located near Latitude 22.0N & Longitude 64.0 E, at a distance of about 450km southwest of Karachi, 500km from Thatta & 350km south of Ormara. Maximum sustained surface winds are 45km/hr gusting to 55km/hr around the system centre. The system is likely to move further westwards till today evening and then recurve northeastwards and weaken gradually

Currently none of Pakistan coastal area is under any threat from this weather system. PMD Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre, Karachi is closely monitoring the system and updates will be issued accordingly.

Impacts:

  • Sea conditions would remain very rough during next 2 days.
  • Fishermen of Sindh & Balochistan are advised not to venture in open sea till tomorrow night.

All concerned Authorities are requested to remain vigilant and keep them abreast for update through PMD website.

Satellite Image (13 August 2022, 1000 PST)
Issued By: Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre, Karachi

Issue Date: 12 August, 2022 10:00 PM

Depression over Northeast Arabian Sea
(Alert-II)

The Depression (Intense Low-Pressure Area) over Northeast Arabian Sea has moved nearly in west-northwest direction during last 8 hours & now located near Latitude 22.5N & Longitude 65.0 E, at a distance of about 330km southwest of Karachi, 370km from Thatta & 290km south of Ormara. Maximum sustained surface winds are 45km/hr gusting to 55km/hr around the system centre. The system is likely to move further in west-northwest direction.

Currently none of Pakistan coastal area is under any threat from this weather system. PMD Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre, Karachi is closely monitoring the system and updates will be issued accordingly.

Impacts:

  • Sea conditions would remain very rough during next 3 days.
  • Fishermen of Sindh & Balochistan are advised not to venture in open sea till 14 August.

All concerned Authorities are requested to remain vigilant and keep them abreast for update through PMD website.

Satellite Image (12 August 2022, 2200 PST)
Issued By: Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre, Karachi

Issue Date: 12 August, 2022 02:34 PM

Depression over Northeast Arabian Sea

Met Office informed that the well-marked low-pressure area (WML) over Northeast Arabian Sea has intensified into a Depression (Intense Low-Pressure Area) with maximum wind speed of 50-55 km/hour. The system is located around Latitude 22.6N & Longitude 66.4E, at a distance of about 260km south/southeast of Karachi and 280km from Thatta. This weather system is likely to move in northwest direction initially and then westwards.

Currently none of Pakistan coastal area is under any threat from this weather system. PMD Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre, Karachi is closely monitoring the system and updates will be issued accordingly.

Impacts:

  • Sea conditions would remain very rough during next 3 days.
  • Fishermen of Sindh are advised not to venture in open sea from today to 14 August and Fishermen of Balochistan to remain extra cautious during the forecast period.

NOTE: All concerned Authorities are requested to remain vigilant and keep them abreast for update through PMD website

Satellite Image (12 August 2022, 1100 PST)
Issued By: Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre, Karachi

Issue Date: 18 July, 2022 09:28 AM

Depression over the Northeast Arabian Sea
(Alert-IV)

The Depression over Northeast Arabian Sea further moved nearly westward during last 12 hours, weakened this morning into a well-marked low pressure area (WML) and now lies over central parts of North Arabian Sea, southwest of Karachi. Maximum sustained surface wind is 40-50 km/hour around the system centre. The system is likely to weaken further into a low pressure area & move westward (towards Oman coast).

Under the influence of this weather system:

  • Rain-thunderstorms with a few heavy falls are likely in Lasbella, Uthal, Sonmiani, Ormara, Pasni, Gwadar, Jiwani, Turbat, Awaran & Ketch areas of Balochistan today and tomorrow.
  • Rain-thunderstorms with isolated heavy falls likely in Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta, Badin, Mirpurkhas, Thaparker, Umerkot, Sanghar, Tando Muhammad Khan (TMK), Tando Allayar (TAY), Dadu and Jamshoro districts of Sindh today.

Impacts:

  • Sea conditions would remain very rough during next 12 hours.
  • Fishermen of Sindh & Balochistan are advised not to venture in open sea till today evening.
  • Heavy rains may trigger water-logging/urban flooding in low-lying areas of Lasbella, Uthal, Sonmiani, Ormara, Pasni, Gwadar, Jiwani, Turbat, Awaran & Ketch areas of Balochistan.

This is the last bulletin in this effect.

Satellite Image (18 July 2022, 0700 PST)
Issued By: Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre, Karachi

Issue Date: 17 July, 2022 09:59 PM

Depression over the Northeast Arabian Sea
(Alert-III)

The Depression (Intense Low-Pressure Area) over Northeast Arabian Sea & adjoin Gulf of Kutch moved in west-northwest direction with a speed of 10 km/hr during last 12 hours and now lies centred around Latitude 23.5°N & Longitude 67.5°E, at a distance of about 160km south of Karachi and 140km from Thatta. Maximum sustained surface wind is 50-55 km/hour around the system centre. The system is likely to move westward (towards Oman coast).

Under the influence of this weather system:

  • Rain-wind-thunderstorms with a few heavy/very falls are likely in Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta, Badin, Mirpurkhas, Thaparker, Umerkot, Sanghar, Tando Muhammad Khan (TMK), Tando Allayar (TAY), Dadu and Jamshoro districts of Sindh and Lasbella, Uthal, Ormara, Pasni, Gwadar, Jiwani, Turbat, Awaran & Ketch areas of Balochistan till tomorrow, 18 July (Monday).

Impacts:

  • Sea conditions would remain very rough during next 2/3 days.
  • Fishermen of Sindh & Balochistan are advised not to venture in open sea till 18 July night.
  • Heavy rains may trigger water-logging/urban flooding in low-lying areas of Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta, Badin, Dadu, Jamshoro & Kambar-Shahdadkot distts of Sindh and Lasbella, Uthal, Ormara, Pasni, Gwadar, Jiwani, Turbat, Awaran & Ketch areas of Balochistan.
  • Windstorm may cause damage to loose & vulnerable structures.

PMD Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre, Karachi is closely monitoring the system and updates will be issued accordingly.

All concerned Authorities are requested to remain vigilant during the forecast period.

Satellite Image (17 July 2022, 1900 PST)
Issued By: Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre, Karachi

Issue Date: 17 July, 2022 10:02 AM

Depression over the Northeast Arabian Sea
(Alert-II)

The Depression (Intense Low-Pressure Area) over Northeast Arabian Sea & adjoin Gulf of Kutch has slowly moved northwestward with a speed of 5 km/hr during last 18 hours and now lies centred around Latitude 22.8°N & Longitude 68.5°E, at a distance of about 270km southeast of Karachi and 220km from Thatta. Maximum sustained surface wind is 50-55 km/hour around the system centre. The system is likely to keep moving northwestward for some time and then recurve to westwards (towards Oman coast).

Under the influence of this weather system:

  • Rain-thunderstorms with a few heavy falls are likely in Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta, Badin, Mirpurkhas, Thaparker, Umerkot, Sanghar, Tando Muhammad Khan (TMK), Tando Allayar (TAY), Dadu and Jamshoro districts of Sindh and Lasbella, Uthal, Ormara, Pasni, Gwadar, Jiwani, Turbat, Awaran & Ketch areas of Balochistan during today & tomorrow.

Impacts:

  • Sea conditions would remain very rough during next 2/3 days.
  • Fishermen of Sindh & Balochistan are advised not to venture in open sea till tomorrow.
  • Windstorm may cause damage to loose & vulnerable structures.

PMD Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre, Karachi is closely monitoring the system and updates will be issued accordingly.

All concerned Authorities are requested to remain vigilant during the forecast period.

Satellite Image (17 July 2022, 0500 PST)
Issued By: Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre, Karachi

Issue Date: 16 July, 2022 02:49 PM

Depression over the Northeast Arabian Sea

Met Office informed that the low-pressure area (LPA) persisting over the Northeast Arabian Sea & adjoin Gulf of Kutch has intensified into a Depression (Intense Low-Pressure Area) with maximum wind speed of 50-55 km/hour. The system is located around Latitude 21.8N & Longitude 69.0E, at a distance of about 400km southeast of Karachi and 340km from Thatta. This weather system is likely to move in northwest direction during next 36-48 hours and the move westwards towards Oman coast.

Under the influence of this weather system:

  • Widespread wind-thunderstorms/rain-showers with scattered heavy/very heavy falls, extremely heavy at times, are likely in Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta, Badin, Mirpurkhas, Thaparker, Umerkot, Sanghar, Shaheed Benazirabad, Nosheroferoz, Tando Muhammad Khan (TMK), Tando Allayar (TAY), Dadu, Jamshoro, Sukkur, Larkana, Jacobabad, Shikarpur & Ghotki districts of Sindh from today to 18 July and Lasbella, Uthal, Ormara, Pasni, Gwadar, Jiwani, Turbat, Awaran & Ketch areas during 17- 18 July 2022.

Impacts:

  • Sea conditions would remain very rough during next 3 days.
  • Fishermen of Sindh & Balochistan are advised not to venture in open sea from today to 18 July 2022.
  • Very heavy/extremely heavy rains may generate urban flooding in Karachi, Badin, Thatta, Hyderabad, Dadu, Mirpurkhas, Shaeed Benazirabad, T.M. Khan Tando Allayar, Lasbela, Sonmiani, Ormara, Pasni, Gwadar, Turbat & Jiwani
  • Windstorm may cause damages to loose & vulnerable structures.

PMD Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre, Karachi is closely monitoring the system and updates will be issued accordingly.

All concerned Authorities are requested to remain High ALERT during the forecast period and keep them abreast for update through PMD website.

Satellite Image (16 July 2022, 1100 PST)
Issued By: Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre, Karachi

Issue Date: 3 October, 2021 08:09 PM

Severe Cyclonic Storm (SCS) “SHAHEEN” Over Gulf of Oman
(Alert-X)

The Severe Cyclonic Storm “SHAHEEN” moved nearly westward during past 12 hours at a speed of 10km/hr, now lies over Gulf of Oman near latitude 24.0N and longitude 58.2E, at a distance of about 420km southwest of Gwadar, 650km southwest of Ormara and 45km east-northeast of Muscat (Oman). Estimated maximum sustained surface wind is 115-125km/hr with sea condition high/very high around the system centre. The system is likely to move southwestwards and cross Oman coast by midnight (3 Oct 2021).

None of Makran coastal area is under threat from this system now. Fishermen of Balochistan, therefore, may resume their activities from tomorrow.

As the SCS “SHAHEEN” is likely to cross the Oman northeast coast by tonight, therefore this is the final Alert in this regard.

Satellite Imagery at October 3, 2021 1730 PST
Issued By: Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre, Karachi

Issue Date: 3 October, 2021 07:41 AM

Severe Cyclonic Storm (SCS) “SHAHEEN” in Northwest Arabian Sea
(Alert-IX)

The Severe Cyclonic Storm “SHAHEEN” over Northwest Arabian Sea moved nearly westward during past 12 hours with a speed of 10km/hr. The SCS “SHAHEEN” now lies over Northwest Arabian Sea and adjoining Gulf of Oman near latitude 24.4N and longitude 59.4E, at a distance of about 300km southwest of Gwadar, 530km southwest of Ormara, 780 km west-southwest of Karachi and 120km east-northeast of Muscat (Oman). Estimated maximum sustained surface wind is 115-125km/hr with sea condition very rough/high around the system centre. The system is likely to move westwards for some time, then recurve southwestward and cross Oman coast by early morning of 4 Oct.

Under the influence of this weather system:

  • Rain-wind-thunderstorms with isolated moderate/heavy falls are likely in Gwadar, Kech and Panjgur districts of Balochistan till today’s evening.

Possible Impacts:

  • Sea conditions would remain rough/very rough off west-Makran coast till today’s evening.
  • Fishermen of Balochistan are advised not to venture in open sea till today.
  • Fishermen of Sindh may resume their activities from today afternoon.
  • High-speed winds may cause damage to vulnerable structures along Gwadar-Jiwani coast.

PMD Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre, Karachi is closely monitoring the system and updates will be issued accordingly.

All concerned Authorities of Balochistan are requested to remain ALERT during the forecast period and keep them abreast for update through PMD website.

Satellite Imagery at October 3, 2021 0500 PST
Issued By: Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre, Karachi