Cyclone Murasu
Cyclone Murasu, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center's 04B, became a cyclonic storm over the southwest Bay of Bengal at 11:30 IST on 1 November 2026 (06:00 UTC), when the India Meteorological Department named it. This page frames the globe on the Andhra Pradesh and north Tamil Nadu coasts with the storm on: its symbol at the latest reported position, the track behind it solid and the forecast ahead dashed, over the live satellite clouds, with radar and satellite rain for its rain bands.
At 06:00 UTC on 1 November JTWC placed it near 12.2°N 84.8°E, moving west-northwest at 16 knots (about 30 km/h) with sustained winds of 40 knots (about 75 km/h) gusting 50. IMD expected it to become a severe cyclonic storm by the morning of 2 November and to cross the south Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Narsapur around midnight that night, India time. It came about a week after Cyclone Arnab struck the same coast.
How to read it
Murasu is the storm symbol over the Bay of Bengal or, once ashore, over south Andhra Pradesh, with its name and class beside it. The solid line behind it joins its reported positions since it formed as a depression; the dashed line ahead is JTWC’s forecast as GDACS carries it, which can run a few hours behind the newest warning. Click the symbol for its wind, pressure, motion and GDACS’s impact meter, which weighs the people and places in its path rather than the wind alone.
The rain under the clouds is drawn from radar where RainViewer has coverage along the coast, and from satellite estimates over open water, which run a few hours late. R steps the rain through radar with satellite rain, radar only and off; C hides the clouds; W hides the storm. Zoom in on the coast between Nellore and Narsapur to watch it come ashore, or out to see the whole bay.
India’s official warnings, the cyclone alert for Andhra Pradesh and north Tamil Nadu and the rain alerts for Odisha, are IMD’s. Its classes go by 3-minute sustained wind: a cyclonic storm at 34 to 47 knots, a severe cyclonic storm at 48 to 63, very severe at 64 to 89. JTWC averages over one minute, so its numbers come out higher for the same storm.
Questions
Where is Cyclone Murasu now?
Where the solid track ends: the symbol marks its latest reported position, updated as JTWC and GDACS publish, which the app checks every 15 minutes. On 1 November at 06:00 UTC it was near 12.2°N 84.8°E, heading west-northwest toward the Andhra Pradesh coast.
When and where will Murasu make landfall?
IMD forecast landfall on the south Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Narsapur around midnight India time on the night of 2 November, as a severe cyclonic storm. JTWC put its center near 14.5°N 80.7°E at 06:00 UTC on 2 November, just off that coast. For the latest timing and the warnings that apply where you are, follow IMD’s bulletins and your state’s disaster management authority.
Why does the track here differ from IMD’s?
The track drawn is JTWC’s, which is what GDACS gathers for every basin; IMD, the official forecaster for the north Indian Ocean, issues its own. The two usually agree closely on where a storm is but can differ by tens of kilometers on its forecast path, and by more on its strength, since they measure wind differently.
What happens to this page after the storm?
Once Murasu weakens over land and its advisories end, GDACS drops it and the storm leaves the globe. The page keeps the coast in view, with whatever storms, clouds and rain are there now; the hurricane tracker shows every active storm worldwide.
Sources
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