The Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘FANI’ over Southeast & adjoining Southwest Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of about 16 kmph in last six hours, intensified into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm and lay centred at 0530 hrs IST of 30th April, 2019 near latitude 11.7°N and longitude 86.5°E over Southeast & adjoining Southwest Bay of Bengal, about 670 km east-northeast of Trincomalee , 690 km east-southeast of Chennai  and 760 km southeast of Machilipatnam . It is very likely to intensify further into an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm during next 36 hours. It is very likely to move northwestwards till 01st May evening and thereafter recurve north-northeastwards towards Odisha Coast.
Forecast track and intensity are given in the following table:
Warnings:
|Date/Time
||Position 
||Maximum sustained surface wind speed 
||Category of cyclonic disturbance
|
|30.04.19/0530
||11.7/86.5
||120-130 gusting to 145
||
|
Very Severe Cyclonic Storm
|30.04.19/1130
||12.5/85.9
||130-140 gusting to 155
||
|
Very Severe Cyclonic Storm
|30.04.19/1730
||13.1/85.3
||140-150 gusting to 165
||
|
Very Severe Cyclonic Storm
|30.04.19/2330
||13.5/84.7
||150-160 gusting to 175
||
|
Very Severe Cyclonic Storm
|01.05.19/0530
||13.8/84.3
||160-170 gusting to 185
||
|
Very Severe Cyclonic Storm
|01.05.19/1730
||14.4/84.0
||165-175 gusting to 190
||
|
Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm
|02.05.19/0530
||15.4/84.0
||170-180 gusting to 200
||
|
Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm
|02.05.19/1730
||16.7/84.3
||170-180 gusting to 200
||
|
Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm
|03.05.19/0530
||18.0/84.8
||170-180 gusting to 200
||
|
Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm
|03.05.19/1730
||19.2/85.4
||160-170 gusting to 190
||
|
Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm
|04.05.19/0530
||20.3/86.3
||140-150 gusting to 165
||
|
Very Severe Cyclonic Storm
|04.05.19/1730
||21.4/87.3
||125-135 gusting to 150
||
|
Severe Cyclonic Storm
|05.05.19/0530
||22.5/88.4
||90-100 gusting to 110
||
|
Severe Cyclonic Storm
 Heavy rainfall warning
· Light to moderate rainfall at many places with heavy falls at isolated places very likely over Kerala during next 24 hours. Light to moderate rainfall at a few places very likely over north coastal Tamil Nadu & south coastal Andhra Pradesh during next 24 hours.
· Light to moderate rainfall at a few places very likely over north coastal Andhra Pradesh & south coastal Odisha on 2nd May. It is likely to increase with rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places over coastal Odisha & adjoining districts of north coastal Andhra Pradesh on 3rd & 4th May. Light to moderate rainfall at most places with heavy falls at isolated places also very likely over coastal districts of West Bengal on 3rd & 4th May.
 Wind warning
· Gale wind speed reaching 100-110 kmph gusting to 125 kmph is prevailing over Southeast & adjoining Southwest Bay of Bengal. It is very likely to increase gradually becoming 120-130 kmph gusting to 150 kmph over Southwest & adjoining Southeast Bay of Bengal from today morning and 160-170 kmph gusting to 190 kmph over Westcentral & adjoining Southwest Bay of Bengal off north Tamilnadu, Puducherry and south Andhra Pradesh Coasts from 01st May evening.
· Strong wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph gusting to 50 kmph very likely along & off Tamilnadu & Puducherry coast, Comorin area and Gulf of Mannar is very likely to become squally wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph from 30th morning & 50-60 kmph gusting to 70 kmph from 30th evening along north Tamilnadu, Puducherry and south Andhra Pradesh Coasts for subsequent 24 hours.
· Strong wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph gusting to 50 kmph very likely along & off Kerala coast is very likely to become squally wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph from today morning.
· Squally wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph is very likely to commence along & off north Andhra Pradesh & Odisha Coasts from 2nd May and very likely to become gale wind, speed reaching 60-70 kmph gusting to 85 kmph from 3rd May morning and would increase gradually for subsequent 24 hours and decrease thereafter.
· Squally wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph is very likely along & off West Bengal coast on 2nd May. It would become gale wind, speed reaching 60-70 kmph gusting to 85 kmph, from 3rd May evening and would increase gradually during subsequent 24 hours.
 Sea condition
· The sea condition is very high over Southeast & adjoining Southwest Bay of Bengal. It is likely to become phenomenal over southwest & adjoining westcentral Bay of Bengal, off north Tamilnadu, Puducherry and south Andhra Pradesh Coasts from today morning and over westcentral Bay of Bengal during 1-3 May 2019 and over Northwest Bay of Bengal during 2-4 May.
· Sea conditions very likely to be rough to very rough along & off Puducherry, Tamilnadu and south Andhra Pradesh Coasts till 1st May 2019, along & off north Andhra Pradesh Coasts on 1-3 May and along & off Odisha and West Bengal Coasts during 2-4 May.
 Fishermen Warning
· The fishermen are advised not to venture into deep sea areas of Southeast Bay of Bengal & adjoining Equatorial Indian Ocean, Southwest Bay of Bengal and off Sri Lanka coast on 30th April; Southwest & adjoining westcentral Bay of Bengal, along & off Sri Lanka, Puducherry, Tamilnadu & south Andhra Pradesh coasts till 1st May, westcentral Bay of Bengal, along & off north Andhra Pradesh Coast during 1-3 May 2019 and northwest & adjoining Westcentral Bay of Bengal along & off Odisha and West Bengal coasts from 2 May onwards.
· Those, who are out in deep sea above areas are advised to return to the coasts.