Burma weather latest news Friday, April 17, 2009

Tropical Storm BIJLI is forecast to strike land to the following likelihood(s) at the given lead time(s):
Yellow Alert Country(s) or Province(s)
Bangladesh
probability for TS is 95% currently
BURMA

probability for TS is 90% currently
India
probability for TS is 80% currently

Yellow Alert City(s) and Town(s)
Chittagong (22.3 N, 91.8 E)
probability for TS is 90% currently
Cox's Bazar (21.4 N, 92.5 E)
probability for TS is 85% currently

Note that
Yellow Alert (Elevated) is CAT 1 or above to between 10% and 30% probability, or TS to above 50% probability.
CAT 1 means Severe Cyclonic Storm strength winds of at least 74 mph, 119 km/h or 64 knots 1-min sustained.
TS means Tropical Storm strength winds of at least 39 mph, 63 km/h or 34 knots 1-min sustained.

This alert is provided by Tropical Storm Risk (TSR) which is sponsored by UCL, Aon Benfield, Royal & SunAlliance, Crawford & Company and Aon Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre. TSR acknowledges the support of the UK Met Office.

Storm Alert issued at 17 Apr, 2009 18:00 GMT (Final Warning)

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