The Very Severe Cyclonic Storm “Tauktae” (pronounced as Tau’Te) over eastcentral Arabian Sea moved nearly northwards with a speed of about 11 kmph during past 06 hours and lay centred at 0530 hours IST of today, the 16th May, 2021 over eastcentral Arabian Sea near latitude 15.0°N and longitude 72.7°E, about 130 km west-southwest of Panjim-Goa, 450 km south of Mumbai, 700 km south-southeast of Veraval (Gujarat) and 840 km southeast of Karachi (Pakistan).It is very likely to intensify during next 24 hours. It is very likely to move north northwestwards and reach Gujarat coast in the evening hours of 17th & cross Gujarat coast between Porbandar & Mahuva (Bhavnagar district) around 18th May early morning. High waves in the range of 3.2 - 6.0 meters are forecasted during 17:30 hours on 15-05-2021 to 23:30 hours of 17-05-2021 along the coast of Goa from Vengurla to Vasco . Surface Current speeds vary between 56 - 106 cm/sec. The fishermen are advised not to venture into east central Arabian Sea along & off Karnataka coast till 17th Morning and into east central Arabian Sea and along & off Maharashtra–Goa coasts and into northeast Arabian Sea along & off Gujarat coast till 18th May.