Unusual deep depression may trigger water-logging in urban TN, South Coastal AP, Rayalaseema

The melancholy in the Bay of Bengal has been located most up-to-date to 420 km South-South-East of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka) and 760 km in the exact same route absent from Nagapattinam 820 from Puducherry and about 900 km from Chennai along the Tamil Nau coastline in India.

India Meteorological Office (IMD) expects the despair could intensify into a deep depression (only a spherical away from becoming a cyclone) by tomorrow (Friday). It will shift to the North-West alongside and off the East Coast of Sri Lanka though skirting the island nation and heading in direction of the North Tamil Nadu Coastline in the course of the upcoming two days.

Flooding, h2o logging very likely

The deep depression, the higher winds and involved weighty to very rain may perhaps result in localised flooding of streets, inundation and drinking water logging in low lying places and closure of underpasses primarily in the city areas of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal, South Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema variously from tomorrow (Friday) to Sunday.

Visibility could be affected at occasions, targeted visitors could be thrown out of gear in big cities and kutcha roads may perhaps experience slight harm. Susceptible constructions could probably suffer injury whilst squally winds and inundation could hit horticulture and standing crops. The public has been warned also towards localised landslides or mudslides.

Warning to fishermen

Sea condition will range from ‘rough’ (wave heights of 8-13 ft) to ‘very rough’ (13-20 ft) about South-West and adjoining West-Central Bay, the Gulf of Mannar and the Comorin and together and off the Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and south Andhra Pradesh coasts till Sunday. Comparable conditions may possibly prevail also about the adjoining Equatorial Indian Ocean currently (Thursday).

Fishermen are recommended not to venture into the South-West and adjoining West-Central Bay of Bengal, adjoining Equatorial Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar, the Comorin region and along and off the Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and south Andhra Pradesh coasts until Sunday.

Substantial winds, large rain

Light to average rainfall or thundershowers are feasible today at a number of locations more than Coastal Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal as the depression hovers some length absent. As for tomorrow (Friday), this will distribute out to quite a few locations with isolated weighty rainfall. Light to reasonable rainfall and thundershowers may split out at a several areas also about South Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema.

Squally winds pace achieving 45-55 km/hr gusting to 65 km/hr may possibly prevail around South-West and adjoining West-Central Bay, the Gulf of Mannar and along and off the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts. Squally winds reaching 40-50 km/hr gusting to 60 km/hr are probably to the South and South-East about the Equatorial Indian Ocean.

Extremely significant rain probably

On Saturday and Sunday, gentle to moderate rainfall/thundershowers are possible at most locations in excess of Coastal Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal with large to really major rainfall at isolated locations. Light-weight to moderate rainfall/thundershower will increase to numerous places with isolated major falls more than South Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema.

Squally winds will ramp up to 50-60 kmph gusting to a cyclonic 70 km/hr more than South-West and adjoining West-Central Bay, the Gulf of Mannar and along and off the North Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and south Andhra Pradesh coasts.

Cyclonic wind gusts

On Monday, mild to average rainfall/thundershowers will persist at most sites above North Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal with hefty to incredibly weighty rainfall at isolated places. Isolated significant falls are most likely more than south coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema.

Prevailing wind speeds might calm down to 40-50 km/hr gusting to 60 km/hr about West-Central and adjoining South-West Bay and alongside and off the North Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and south Andhra Pradesh coasts.

In a rapid-evolving improvement, yesterday’s (Wednesday) well-marked low-tension spot has intensified into a melancholy this (Thursday) early morning more than the South-West Bay of Bengal, immediately after it moved in nearer to Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu coasts right away, India Meteorological Department (MD) has claimed.

Showers or thundershowers will happen elsewhere for the duration of Thursday night or evening. Quite significant showers higher than 5 cm

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March 03, 2022