Dana Cyclone Tracker: The massive Dana cyclone is moving towards the Odisha coast which is expected to hit in just a few hours. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a warning, which alerts that Cyclone Dana has been moving northwest at about 12 km/h over the past six hours. As of 5:30 PM IST today (October 23), it was centred roughly 420 km southeast of Paradip, 450 km south-southeast of Dhamara, and 500 km from Sagar Island in West Bengal.
The storm isn’t slowing down either. It’s likely to turn into a severe cyclonic storm by tomorrow morning over the Bay of Bengal, IMD alerted. It’s expected to make landfall somewhere between Puri and Sagar Island, close to Bhitarkanika and Dhamara in Odisha. Both Odisha and West Bengal are preparing for impact. If you are staying in a nearby area or travelling, then you must be aware of all the latest and live weather conditions of the Dana cyclone. To help you, here are 5 apps to track weather conditions.
Dana Cyclone Tracking Apps
The Weather Channel (Weather: Forecast & Radar Maps)
Available on Google Play Store, this weather forecasting app has a 4.7 rating with over 100 million downloads to let you know all the extreme weather conditions in real time. It also provides live radar maps.
Windy.com – Weather Forecast
With over 10M downloads and a 4.7 rating, this app helps to track tropical storms or any potential severe weather conditions. If you are planning to travel to the nearby city of the hurricane, then this app is perfect for you. It provides 51 weather maps from wind, rain, temperature, pressure to swell or CAPE index.
Windfinder: Wind & Weather Map
With over 5 million downloads and a 4.5 rating, this app provides all the information about wind, weather, tides, and waves to help you know about activities. The Windfinder Plus subscription can also help with Wind alerts, weather maps, wind report maps, and ad-free experiences.
Windy.app: wind & weather live
It offers wind reports, forecasts, statistics, and a variety of forecast models such as GFS, ECMWF, ICON, AROME, NAM, Open WRF, and more. Wind alerts and local forecast from NOAA. It has over 5 million downloads and a 4.8 rating on Play Store.
Zoom Earth – Live Weather Map
It has a 4.8 rating and over 1 million downloads. This Zoom Earth app helps to track weather in real-time about storms and hurricanes. It can also provide interactive weather maps for rain, wind, temperature and more.