Low strain mounts over Andaman Sea, heavy rain anticipated to lash TN

Heavy rains are predicted to lash Tamil Nadu and Puducherry from December 7-9 resulting from low strain over the southern a part of the Andaman Sea and adjoining areas underneath the affect of a cyclonic circulation over the South Andaman Sea and adjoining equatorial Indian Ocean-Strait of Malacca, the Indian Met Department mentioned on Monday.



The IMD in its bulletin right now mentioned that the cyclonic circulation extends upto mid-tropospheric ranges is prone to transfer north-west and focus into an important despair over south-east Bay of Bengal, by Tuesday night.

Andaman & Nicobar Islands is prone to obtain mild to reasonable rainfall on December 5along with remoted heavy rainfall on Wednesday, December 6. Also, enhanced rainfall is predicted to start over the north coastal Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal from December 7 mid-night. It is predicted to show from heavy to very heavy and intensely heavy at some locations of North Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on December 8, Thursday. Some locations of Tamil Nadu might also obtain very heavy rainfall on Friday, December 9.

The despair is prone to intensify additional right into a cyclonic storm and attain South-west Bay of Bengal close to North Tamil Nadu-Puducherry and the adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coasts by the morning of December 8, when it’s anticipated to have its landfall. The wind pace can be reaching upto 90 kmph over the south-west Bay of Bengal on Thursday. It will step by step lower thereafter.

Wind pace gusting upto 60 kmph is prone to start alongside Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, South Andhra Pradesh and north Sri Lankan coasts from Thursday morning, gusting at a pace of 80 kmph until Friday morning. The wind pace would step by step lower to 45-55 kmph to 65 kmph by Friday night.

The sea situation is predicted to be very throughout this era and fishermen have been requested to not enterprise into the ocean till the storm subsides.

Fishermen have been suggested to not enterprise into the ocean alongside and off Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and South Andhra Pradesh Coast and Gulf of Mannar