Mumbai:
The weather office Tuesday sounded a cyclone alert for the coastal regions of south Gujarat and north Maharashtra, where it is expected to make a landfall in the early hours of Thursday.
It's likely to hit the coast of Maharashtra in the next 24 hrs and is now just 550 km away from South-southwest of Mumbai.
While the cyclone is likely to hit Surat in the wee hours of November 12 and right now it's 800 km away from Surat.
The seventh and final ODI between India and Australia to be played in Mumbai is most likely to be affected due the impending cyclone.
Also, heavy rainfall to extremely heavy rainfall is expected.
Weather scientists are tracking a deep depression formed in the Southeast and adjoining Central Arabian Sea, which is moving in the northwest direction and to hit south Gujarat.
"The system is likely to intensify further into a cyclonic storm and move in a northerly direction for some more time and then north-northeastwards and cross south Gujarat and north Maharashtra coast between Mahuva and Dahanu by early hours of November 12," an alert issued by the India Meteorological Department said.
As a result of the deep depression, coastal parts of Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra are expected to experience squally winds with speed of up to 75 km per hour over the next two days.
Sea condition will be very rough over Lakshadweep area, along and off Kerala, Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra coasts, it said adding that fishermen are advised not to venture out into the sea along and off these coasts.
The weather system is expected to bring heavy rains over Konkan, Goa, central Maharashtra, coastal Karnataka, Kerala and Lakshadweep over the next two days. (With NDTV inputs)