Nilofar Dies Out : Next Cyclone to be Named "Priya " ... !!

The intensity of cyclone Nilofar has decreased drastically but it still might cause gusty wind and heavy rainfall in the coastal areas of Pakistan. 

The cyclone that started developing in the northwest Arabian Sea five to seven days ago attracted a lot of attention because of its feminine name and it seems the trend will continue for the next cyclones. 

As part of the WMO body, each country is asked to give eight names for the cyclones in the future. These names are then given to the storms, as they hit shores, from six alphabetically arranged lists on rotation. Interestingly enough, all names except one submitted by Pakistan, are feminine names like Nargis, Vardah, Nilam, Bulbul, Titli and the current one Nilofar.

According to World Meteorological Department, the next storm would be named ‘Priya’ by Sri lanka.

Tropical Cyclone Neelofar Tracker ....

1. NORTH INDIAN OCEAN AREA (MALAY PENINSULA WEST TO COAST OF AFRICA):
         A. TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY:
            (1) AT 251200Z, TROPICAL CYCLONE 04A (FOUR) WAS LOCATED NEAR
      13.4N 62.5E, APPROXIMATELY 471 NM SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MASIRAH ISLAND,
      AND HAD TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD AT 13 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS.
      MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 35 KNOTS GUSTING
      TO 45 KNOTS. SEE REF A (WTIO31 PGTW 251500) FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
            (2) NO OTHER TROPICAL CYCLONES.
         B. TROPICAL DISTURBANCE SUMMARY:
            (1) THE AREA OF CONVECTION PREVIOUSLY LOCATED NEAR 11.6N
      61.1E, IS NOW THE SUBJECT OF A TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING. SEE PARA.
      1.A.(1) FOR FURTHER DETAILS...
            (2) NO OTHER SUSPECT AREAS.http://ow.ly/i/7lKVg 

Deep Depression intensifies into "Cyclone HUDHUD"

The Cyclonic Storm 'HUDHUD' over southeast Bay of Bengal moved west­northwestwards and lay centered at
1730 hours IST of 8th October, 2014 near lat.12.8°N  and long 91.0° E about 970 km southeast of Gopalpur and
1000 km east­southeast of Vishakhapatnam. The system would continue to move west­northwestwards, intensify
further into a severe cyclonic storm during next 24 hours and into a very severe cyclonic storm during  subsequent
36 hours. The system would cross north Andhra Pradesh & south Odisha coasts between Visakhapatnam &
Gopalpur around noon of 12th October 2014.