Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for CHAPALA-15
Off-shore

Impact

Tropical Cyclone CHAPALA-15 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed,exposed population and vulnerability.

Meteorological source GDACS
Exposed countries
Exposed population 340 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 222 km/h
Maximum storm surge 0.2 m (02 Nov 12:00 UTC)
Vulnerability --

GDACS Score

GDACS alert score for Tropical Cyclones is 0.5 (GREEN Alert), 1.5 (ORANGE Alert), 2.5 (RED Alert)
For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
Current 213 km/h 0.2 m n.a. 0.5
Overall 222 km/h 0.2 m n.a. 1

Maximum winds, storm surge, rainfall (Current: over the next 72 h, Overall: entire TC track) based on GDACS impact

Wind

213 km/h Current Max.

Up to 38000 people in Category 1 strength or higher (see SSHS)

Impact Timeline

Alert Date (UTC) Max Winds (km/h) Population in
Tropical Storm or higher
Population in
Cat 1. or higher
Countries
Green 1 28 Oct 2015 18:00 194 --- 20 thousand Yemen
Green 2 29 Oct 2015 00:00 194 --- 40 thousand Yemen
Green 3 29 Oct 2015 06:00 213 --- 40 thousand Yemen
Green 4 29 Oct 2015 12:00 213 --- 40 thousand Yemen

Bulletin Timeline

Alert Date (UTC) Category
(SSHS)
Max winds
(km/h)
Population in
Cat.1 or higher
Population in
Tropical Storm
or higher
Location (lat, lon) Countries
GREEN
1 28 Oct 2015 18:00 Tropical storm 65 no people no people 13.4, 64.7
GREEN
2 29 Oct 2015 00:00 Tropical storm 83 no people no people 13.5, 64.2
GREEN
3 29 Oct 2015 06:00 Tropical storm 102 no people no people 13.8, 63.8
GREEN
4 29 Oct 2015 12:00 Category 1 120 no people no people 14.2, 63.1
GREEN
4 30 Oct 2015 00:00 Category 1 139 no people no people 14.5, 62
GREEN
4 30 Oct 2015 12:00 Category 2 157 no people no people 14.6, 60.8
GREEN
4 31 Oct 2015 00:00 Category 3 185 no people no people 14.6, 59.6
GREEN
4 31 Oct 2015 12:00 Category 3 204 no people 1800 people 14.7, 58.2 Oman
GREEN
4 01 Nov 2015 12:00 Category 4 213 no people 330000 people 15.1, 55.4 Oman
GREEN
4 02 Nov 2015 12:00 Category 2 157 38000 people 120000 people 16, 52.8 Yemen
GREEN
4 03 Nov 2015 12:00 Tropical storm 102 no people no people 17.2, 50.2 Yemen
Actual track of the current bulletin
The alert for forecast greater than 3 days is limited to Orange level.
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Exposed population - AoIs

Exposed population in the potential affected countries, provinces and populated places

Provinces

Country Region Province
Yemen Al Mahrah
Yemen Hadhramaut

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft)
Al Gaidah AAY 30 Civ. Paved No 8800

Ports

Name LOCODE Country
Nishtun YENIS Yemen

Rainfall

Rainfall accumulation of the past 24h, as detected by the Global Precipitation Measurement mission of NASA. For more information, see https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GPM/main/index.html.

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StormSurge

0.2 m

The maximum Storm surge height is  0.2m in Nishtun, Yemen. This height is estimated for 02 Nov 2015 12:00 UTC .

The JRC has developed an experimental global storm surge model. The calculations are published about 20 minutes after a new advisory is detected by GDACS. The calculations identify the populated places affected by storm surge up to three days in advance, using the forecasted track. When forecasts change, the associated storm surge changes too and alert levels may go up or down. All links, data, statistics and maps refer to the latest available calculation. If the calculation for the last advisory is not completed, the latest available calculation is shown.

Locations affected by Storm surge (17 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 4 of 29 Oct 2015 12:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

Alert Date (UTC) Name Country Storm surge height (m)
02 Nov 2015 12:00 Nishtun Yemen  0.2
02 Nov 2015 05:00 Araft Oman  0.2
02 Nov 2015 12:00 Tabut Yemen  0.2
02 Nov 2015 12:00 Al Faydami Yemen  0.2
02 Nov 2015 12:00 Hayrut Yemen  0.2
02 Nov 2015 12:00 Hauf Yemen  0.1
02 Nov 2015 12:00 Al Fatk Yemen  0.1
02 Nov 2015 12:00 Jadib Yemen  0.1
02 Nov 2015 08:00 Mughsayl Oman  0.1
02 Nov 2015 12:00 Damqawt Yemen  0.1
02 Nov 2015 11:00 Dhalqut Oman  0.1
02 Nov 2015 08:00 Safqut Oman  0.1
02 Nov 2015 12:00 Haswayn Yemen  0.1
02 Nov 2015 12:00 Abd Allah Gharib Yemen  0.1
02 Nov 2015 12:00 Jarub Yemen  0.1
02 Nov 2015 11:00 Al Kharifut Oman  0.1
02 Nov 2015 08:00 Kharfat Oman  0.1