The Cyclonic Storm (CS) “ASNA” (Pronounced as As-Na) over Central Arabian Sea continued to move further westward during past 6 hours and now lies at around Latitude 23.2 N & Longitude 63.8 E at a distance of about 370km southwest of Karachi, 250km southwest of Ormara and 260km south-southeast of Gwadar. The system is likely to track further westwards till tomorrow, then turn southwestward and weaken gradually.

Under its influence:

• Rain-thundershowers with a few heavy falls and accompanied with squally winds (60-70Km/hour) likely in Hub, Lasbella, Awaran, Ormara, Pasni, Gwadar, Jiwani, Turbat, Panjgur and surroundings till tomorrow night.
• Heavy rains may create water logging in low lying areas of Makran coast.
• Sea conditions are likely to remain rough/very rough with squally winds of 60-70 Km/hour gusting 80Km/hour till 1 September.
• Fishermen of Balochistan are advised not to venture in open sea till September 1 night while those of Sindh can resume their activities from tomorrow.

PMD’s cyclone warning center, Karachi is closely monitoring the system and will issue the update accordingly. The concerned authorities are requested to keep them abreast through PMD advisory.

The Cyclonic Storm (CS) “ASNA” (Pronounced as As-Na) over northeast Arabian Sea has moved further west-southwestward during past 6 hours and now lies at around Latitude 23.3 N & Longitude 64.5 E at a distance of about 300km southwest of Karachi, 230km south-southwest of Ormara and 300km southeast of Gwadar. The system is likely to track further west-southwestwards.

Under its influence:

• Rain-thundershowers with a few heavy falls and accompanied with squally winds (60-70Km/hour) likely in Hub, Lasbella, Awaran, Kech & Gwadar districts of Balochistan till tomorrow night.
• Rain/showers of light/moderate intensity accompanied with occasional gusty winds likely in Karachi division, Badin, Thatta, Sujawal, Hyderabad, T.M Khan, Matiari, Jamshoro and Dadu districts of Sindh today.
• Heavy rains may create water logging in low lying areas of Makran coast.
• Sea conditions are likely to remain rough/very rough with squally winds of 60-70 Km/hour gusting 80Km/hour.
• Fishermen of Sindh are advised not to venture into open sea till tonight and those of Balochistan till tomorrow evening

PMD’s cyclone warning center, Karachi is closely monitoring the system and will issue the update accordingly. The concerned authorities are requested to keep them abreast through PMD advisory.

The Cyclonic Storm (CS) “ASNA” (Pronounced as As-Na) over northeast Arabian Sea off Sindh coast has moved further westward during past 9 hours and now lies at around Latitude 23.6 N & Longitude 65.7 E at a distance of about 200km southwest of Karachi, 220km south-southeast of Ormara and 380km southeast of Gwadar. The system is likely to track further west-southwestwards.

Under its influence, rain-thundershowers with few heavy falls and accompanied with squally winds (60-70Km/hour gusting 80Km/hour) likely in Karachi division, Badin, Thatta, Sujawal, Hyderabad, T.M Khan, T.A Yar, Matiari, Jamshoro and Dadu districts of Sindh today evening/night and in Hub, Lasbella, Awaran, Keach & Gwadar districts of Balochistan till tomorrow night.

Heavy rains may create water logging in low lying areas of Makran coast.

Sea conditions are likely to remain rough/very rough with squally winds of 60-70 Km/hour gusting 80Km/hour. Fishermen of Sindh are advised not to venture into sea today and those of Balochistan till tomorrow.

PMD’s cyclone warning center, Karachi is closely monitoring the system and will issue the update accordingly. The concerned authorities are requested to keep them abreast through PMD advisory.

The Cyclonic Storm “ASNA” (Pronounced as As-Na) over northeast Arabian Sea off Sindh coast has moved westward during past 6 hours and now lies at around Latitude 23.8 N & Longitude 66.6 E at about 120km south of Karachi, 180 southwest of Thatta, 250km southeast of Ormara and 440km east-southeast of Gwadar. The system is likely keep moving initially west-northwestwards and then west-southwestwards.

Under its influence, rain-thundershowers with few heavy falls and accompanied with squally winds (60-70Km/hour gusting 80Km/hour) likely in Karachi division, Badin, Thatta, Sujawal, Hyderabad, T.M Khan, T.A Yar, Matiari, Jamshoro and Dadu districts of Sindh till 31 August and in Hub, Lasbella, Awaran, Keach & Gwadar districts of Balochistan till 1st September.

Heavy rains may create water logging in low lying areas of Makran coast.

Sea conditions are likely to remain rough/very rough with squally winds of 60-70 Km/hour gusting 80Km/hour. Fishermen of Sindh are advised not to venture into sea till 31 August and those of Balochistan till 1st September.

PMD’s cyclone warning center, Karachi is closely monitoring the system and will issue the update accordingly. The concerned authorities are requested to keep them abreast through PMD advisory.

The deep depression (DD, very strong low-pressure area) over Rann of Kutch coast, India & adjoining northeast Arabian Sea has moved westward during last 06 hours, intensified into a Cyclonic Storm “ASNA” (Pronounced as As-Na) and lies at around Latitude 23.5 N & Longitude 67.9 E at about 170km south/southeast of Karachi and 88km south of Kati Bandar. The system is likely keep moving initially west/northwestwards. Under its influence, widespread rain/wind-thunderstorms with scattered heavy/very heavy and isolated extremely heavy falls likely in Karachi division, Tharparker, Badin, Thatta, Sujawal, Hyderabad, T.M Khan, T.A Yar, Matiari, Umerkot, Mirpurkhas, Sanghar, Jamshoro, Dadu & Shaheed Benazirabad districts till 31 August.

Widespread rain/wind-thunderstorm with scattered heavy/very heavy and isolated extremely heavy falls also likely in Hub, Lasbella, Awaran, Keach & Gwadar districts during 30 August to 1st September with occasional gaps.

Heavy rains may create water logging/rain inundation in low lying areas of Sindh-Makran coast.

Sea conditions are likely to remain rough/very rough with squally winds of 60-70 Km/hour gusting 80Km/hour. Fishermen of Sindh are advised not to venture into sea till 31 August and those of Balochistan till 1st September.

PMD’s cyclone warning center, Karachi is closely monitoring the system and will issue the update accordingly. The concerned authorities are requested to keep them abreast through PMD advisory.

The deep depression (DD, very strong low-pressure area) over Rann of Kutch, India & adjoining areas has slowly moved west-southwestward during last 12 hours and now lies at around Latitude 23.5 N & Longitude 68.4 E at about 200km east/southeast of Karachi. The system is likely keep moving further west/southwestwards in northeast Arabian Sea along Sindh coast and intensify further into a Cyclonic Storm (CS) this afternoon/ evening due to favorable environmental conditions, sea surface temperature (28-29 °C, low/moderate vertical wind shear and good upper-level outflow.

Under its influence, widespread rain/wind-thunderstorms with scattered heavy/very heavy and isolated extremely heavy falls likely in Karachi division, Tharparker, Badin, Thatta, Sujawal, Hyderabad, T.M Khan, T.A Yar, Matiari, Umerkot, Mirpurkhas, Sanghar, Jamshoro, Dadu & Shaheed Benazirabad districts till 31 August.

Widespread rain/wind-thunderstorm with scattered heavy/very heavy falls also likely in Hub, Lasbella, Awaran, Keach & Gwadar districts during 30 August to 1st September with Occasional gaps.

Heavy rains may create water logging/rain inundation in low lying areas of Sindh-Makran coast.

Sea conditions are likely to remain rough/very rough with squally winds 50-60 Km/hour gusting 70Km/hour. Fishermen of Sindh are advised not to venture into sea till 31 August and those of Balochistan till 1st September.

PMD’s cyclone warning center, Karachi is closely monitoring the system and will issue the update accordingly. The concerned authorities are requested to keep them abreast through PMD advisory.

The deep depression (DD, very strong low-pressure area) over Rann of Kutch, India has slowly moved west-southwestward during last 12 hours and now lies at around Latitude 23.6 N & Longitude 69.2 E at about 250km east/southeast of Karachi. The system is likely keep moving further west/southwestwards, emerge into northeast Arabian Sea along Sindh coast by tomorrow morning and intensify further into a Cyclonic Storm (CS) due to favorable environmental conditions, sea surface temperature, low/moderate vertical wind shear and upper-level divergence.

Under its influence, widespread rain/wind-thunderstorms with scattered heavy/very heavy and isolated extremely heavy falls likely in Karachi division, Tharparker, Badin, Thatta, Sujawal, Hyderabad, T.M Khan, T.A Yar, Matiari, Umerkot, Mirpurkhas, Sanghar, Jamshoro, Dadu & Shaheed Benazirabad districts till 31 August.

Widespread rain/wind-thunderstorm with scattered heavy/very heavy falls also likely in Hub, Lasbella, Awaran, Keach & Gwadar districts during 30 August to 1st September with Occasional gaps Sea conditions are likely to remain rough/very rough with squally winds 50-60 Km/hour gusting 70Km/hour. Fishermen of Sindh are advised not to venture into sea till 31 August and those of Balochistan till 1st September.

Met Office informed that the deep depression (DD, very strong low-pressure area) over Rann of Kutch, India has moved very slowly west-southwest during last 12 hours and now lies at around Latitude 23.7 N & Longitude 69.5 E at about 270km east/southeast of Karachi. The system is likely to move west/southwestwards & emerge into northeast Arabian Sea along Sindh coast by late night/ tomorrow morning. Due to favorable environmental conditions, sea surface temperature, low/moderate vertical wind shear and upper-level divergence, the system is likely to intensify further into a Cyclonic Storm (CS) by tomorrow and move initially in west/southwest direction.

Under its influence, widespread rain/wind-thunderstorms with scattered heavy-very heavy to isolated extremely heavy falls likely in Tharparker, Badin, Thatta, Sujawal, Hyderabad, T.M Khan, T.A Yar, Matiari, Umerkot, Mirpurkhas, Sanghar, Jamshoro, Dadu & Shaheed Benazirabad districts & Karachi division till 31 August with occasional gaps.

Sea conditions are likely to remain rough/very rough with squally winds 50-60 Km/hour. Fishermen are advised not to venture into sea till 31 August

PMD’s cyclone warning center, Karachi is monitoring the system and will issue the update accordingly. The concerned authorities are requested to keep them abreast through PMD advisory.