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Cyclone Shakhti Set to Weaken as It Recurves Over the Arabian Sea

Forecasters warn of very rough seas with fishermen urged to avoid deep waters.

Sea condition is very likely to be rough along and off Saurashtra and Kutch Coasts till today morning.
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Overview

  • Cyclone Shakhti remains over the northwest Arabian Sea and has been moving west-southwest, with its center placed near 20.8°N, 61.0°E at the latest IMD update.
  • It was located about 210 km southeast of Ras Al Hadd and 220 km east of Masirah in Oman, roughly 780 km southwest of Karachi, and about 850 km from Gujarat’s Naliya and Dwarka.
  • PMD and IMD guidance indicates the storm will keep a west-southwest track until October 6 before recurving eastward over the west-central and northwest Arabian Sea.
  • IMD expects a downgrade from severe cyclonic storm to cyclonic storm by Monday morning and further to a depression by late Tuesday morning as the system weakens.
  • Authorities flag gale conditions near the core initially reaching 110–120 km/h with gusts to 135 km/h, rough to very high seas through October 7, squally 40–50 km/h winds along the Sindh coast, isolated light rain on the Sindh–Balochistan coast, and separate heavy-rain activity forecast in parts of East India.