Chennai: A depression formed over the Bay of Bengal on Monday and is very likely to intensify into a deep depression and progress as a cyclonic storm, bringing heavy rains to southern Tamil Nadu and southern Kerala between 2 and 3 of December, the Indian Meteorological Department said. The storm is likely to cross the coast of Sri Lanka on December 2 in the afternoon or evening and then emerge to the Comorin area, around Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu, the next day in the morning, IMD said. Under the influence of the weather system, it is likely to rain over Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe, the southern coast of Andhra Pradesh and Lakshadweep from December 1-4, the department said in its latest bulletin. The Indian Meteorological Department issued a red / orange rain alert for the districts of Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Idukki on December 2-3.
“A depression has formed in the southeast of the Bay of Bengal. It is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm on December 1. Total suspension of fishing operations in the areas on December 3 and 4,” said K Santosh of IMD Kerala. AND ME.
On Monday, it is likely that there will be rains in some isolated places in all those regions. In southern Tamil Nadu and southern Kerala, heavy or very heavy rains are likely in some locations and extremely heavy rains in isolated locations on December 3. Similar episodes could be expected the day before and the next also in the southern parts of the two states such as Kanyakumari and Tiruvananthapuram, the IMD said.
“A depression formed over the southeast of the Bay of Bengal early today … it moved west-northwest and was about 710 km east-southeast of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka) and 1120 km east -Southeast of Kanyakumari “. It is very likely to intensify further into a deep depression over the next 12 hours and a cyclonic storm over the next 24 hours. It is highly probable that as of December 2 the wind speed will reach 45-55 km / h, with gusts of 65 km / h, over the Comorin area, the Gulf of Mannar and the southern coasts of Tamil Nadu- Kerala as of December 2 and the state of the sea would be from rough to very rough.
The department advised the total suspension of fishing operations from today until December 4 in all regions that would come under the influence of the system. On November 28, the low-pressure area over the southern Andaman Sea and adjacent areas of the southeast of the Bay of Bengal organized into a well-marked low-pressure area on Sunday and further concentrated into a depression today.
The very severe cyclonic storm Nivar crossed the Puducherry coast days ago and influenced heavy rains in various parts of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal.
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