Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for GATI-20
in Somalia

Impact

Tropical Cyclone GATI-20 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed,exposed population and vulnerability.

Meteorological source GDACS
Glide number: TC-2020-000232-SOM
Exposed countries Somalia
Exposed population 40 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 185 km/h
Maximum storm surge 0.4 m (22 Nov 18:00 UTC)
Vulnerability High (Somalia)
Landfall between
22 Nov 2020 06:00 - 22 Nov 2020 18:00

in Somalia

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 74 km/h 0.4 m n.a. 0.5
Overall 185 km/h 0.4 m n.a. 0.5

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

Wind

74 km/h Current Max.

Up to 380000 people in Tropical Storm 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 21 Nov 2020 18:00 74 380 thousand No people Somalia

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 21 Nov 2020 18:00 Tropical storm 65 no people no people 10.8, 55.6
GREEN
1 22 Nov 2020 06:00 Tropical storm 74 no people 160000 people 10.6, 53.2
GREEN
1 22 Nov 2020 18:00 Tropical storm 65 no people 380000 people 10.5, 51 Somalia
GREEN
1 23 Nov 2020 06:00 Tropical depression 46 no people no people 10.7, 49.1 Somalia
GREEN
1 23 Nov 2020 18:00 Tropical depression 37 no people no people 10.9, 47.9 Somalia
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

Countries

Country
Somalia

Provinces

Region Province Country
Bari Somalia
Sanaag Somalia

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)
Scusciuban CMS 342 Civ. Unpaved No 6500
Bosaso BSA 6 Civ. Unpaved No 3400

Ports

Name LOCODE Country
Dante (Ras Hafun) SODAN Somalia
Handa Somalia
Bosaso Somalia

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

0.4 m

The maximum Storm surge height is  0.4m in Sala Gon, Somalia. This height is estimated for 22 Nov 2020 18:00 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 (11 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 1 of 21 Nov 2020 18:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

Alert Date (UTC) Name Country Storm surge height (m)
22 Nov 2020 18:00 Sala Gon Somalia  0.4
22 Nov 2020 17:00 Hurdiyo Somalia  0.3
22 Nov 2020 17:00 Deh-Cabo Somalia  0.2
22 Nov 2020 17:00 Xaafuun Somalia  0.2
22 Nov 2020 19:00 Ascira Somalia  0.2
22 Nov 2020 18:00 Cadayo Somalia  0.2
22 Nov 2020 17:00 Bargaal Somalia  0.1
22 Nov 2020 17:00 Mach Somalia  0.1
22 Nov 2020 18:00 Boho Somalia  0.1
22 Nov 2020 19:00 Caluula Somalia  0.1
22 Nov 2020 18:00 Aiesloho Somalia  0.1