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Since Odisha lies in the northwest quadrant of the cyclonic system, the State might not witness the very heavy rainfall as predicted by all lead weather forecasting agencies, including India's IMD
Bhubaneswar will record very heavy rainfall on Saturday evening. Puri will record 11cm rainfall during the evening to night hours on Dec 4. Cyclone Jawad will weaken into a deep depression near Puri coast.
In the Arabic language, Jawad is used to denote 'bountiful rain' which in common parlance is known as very heavy rain. It will bring very to extremely heavy rainfall, but at the same time not a fierce one
The consensus model data of INCOIS, NCEP, ECMWF and ACCESS-G3 is, as per the latest conditions, the districts that will bear the Cyclone Jawad Brunt is Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada and Bhadrak
Puri may see gusting wind speed of 72 kmph. When Gajapati and Ganjam will record heavy rainfall on Dec 4, Puri, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack will bear the brunt on Dec 5
As per INCOIS and NCEP forecast, Cyclone will track northeast direction after reaching close to Srikakulam coasts. The system will run parallel to the Odisha coast, and drift further in a northeast direction from around the Paradip coast
Gusting wind speed in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack will be 50-60km/hr. 16-30mm/Hr rainfall in Gajapati and Ganjam
The sea tidal wave height during the evening hours on Dec 4 along the coast of Gopalpur - Puri will be around 3 mt and wind speed is predicted to reach around 86kmph during the evening hours
Like Cyclone Titli, Gajapati, Ganjam to bear the brunt first. Bhubaneswar may record 200mm rain and 30-60km/hr wind on Dec 4
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