Tropical Cyclone NARGIS-08
Tuesday, 29. April 2008, 19:03:58
The tropical cyclone Nargis in the Bay of Bengal is on course towards the west coast of Myanmar. It is expected to hit the lowest central part of the country, the Ayeyarwady (or Irrawaddy) delta near the great city of Yangon (also known as Rangoon) and the low coast to the north of it. In the northern hemisphere a cyclone rotates counter-clockwise, because of the coriolis force, which means that water masses from the Bay of Bengal will be forced far over land on the right side of the cyclone, where the delta is. Further north the mountain range Arakan Yoma (also known as the Chin Hills) forms a wall towards the bay, and here Nargis is expected to release torrential rains, when the humid air is forced up over the up to 3000 m high mountain tops.The majority of
Sorry at my age we sometimes have difficulties with "new" geographical names, but I do my utmost to keep to the official, politically correct, spelling.
• http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=TC&ID=NARGIS-08&system=asgard&alertlevel=Green&glide_no=&location=&country=&new=true
• http://www.arcbc.org.ph/wetlands/myanmar/mmr_irrdel.htm
PS of 30 April 2008
Bangladesh raises storm alert and urges swift rice harvest: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DHA224084.htm
The cyclone can also be tracked here, with up to 72 hours lead: http://tsr.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/
PS of 3 May 2008: See follow up here.
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Everything is clearly announced here, and I even haven't read before what the coriolis force was expecting to do there ; hopelessly it was true.
By galanga, # 19. July 2008, 22:38:11
Ole
By nielsol, # 20. July 2008, 06:40:00