TC Matmo satellite image
Tropical Cyclone Matmo currently over the Bay of Bengal ESE of Visakhapatnam, India has been moving north at 6 knots with max winds now at 75 knots and max significant wave height of 25 feet (7.6 meters). Matmo continues to be in a favorable environment with low vertical wind shear and warm sea surface temperatures near 29 C and is forecast to intensify for another 24 hours.
Matmo should gradually turn north-northeastward making landfall around 0000 UTC 10 November near the India-Bangladesh border, then moves inland over Bangladesh.
TC Matmo Forecast Track from JTWC
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