This morning’s satellite imageries indicated that the tropical disturbance evolving to the northeast of the Mascarenes has intensified into a tropical depression.
At 10h00 it was centered near latitude 14.8 degrees south and Longitude 63.9 degrees east, that is at a distance of about 550 km almost to the north of Rodrigues . The depression is moving slowly in a general southeasterly direction.
Environmental conditions remain favourable for the system to develop further and most weather models are gradually intensifying the system into a moderate tropical storm, either late tonight or tomorrow morning.
In the event that this low reaches the Moderate Tropical Storm intensity, it will be named ‘DJOUNGOU’.
As the depression moves away from the Mascarenes Islands, a ridge of high pressure will temporarily establish itself over our region. However, a rather moist airstream will persist.
Weather outlook for Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 February, 2024
Mauritius
Mauritius:
Passing showers, mainly to the East, the South and the Central Plateau. The showers are likely to be
more frequent on Saturday
Wind will blow from the east at a speed of about 25 km/h with peaks of 50 km/h.
Saint Brandon
St Brandon:
Occasional showers.
Wind southeasterly to southerly 20-30 km/h with peaks of 50 km/h.
Rodrigues
Rodrigues:
Rather cloudy on Friday with passing showers, improving gradually during the week-end.
Wind easterly 25-35km/h increasing gradually to 40-50km/h with gusts of the order of 90 km/h as from Friday 16 2024.
The open sea will be rough with waves of the order of 4 meters at first, becoming very rough with wave heights of the order of 5 meters on Saturday 17 February 2024.
