Heavy rains took off from where they had left Chennai and parts of the north coast of Tamil Nadu over the weekend and severely beat the city and suburbs early this morning (Monday) thanks to a barrage of north-east winds pushed. by a Cyclonic Circulation each in the immediate neighborhood and to the southeast.
The closest circulation to home was stationed over southern Tamil Nadu and the east coast of Sri Lanka, while the other was lurking over the southeast of the Bay of Bengal with prospects of intensification along a track leading to the coast. from Tamil Nadu. The Indian Meteorology Department (IMD) located this morning over the southeast of the bay and along the south of the Andaman Sea.
Thoroughbred storm?
The IMD has already been on the lookout for this 'low' to intensify, which, according to its short-to-medium projections, may turn into a fully flooded storm in the coming days. The 'low' will take shape on Tuesday (tomorrow) and will become 'more marked' (intensify) on Wednesday and will travel towards the north coast of Tamil Nadu on Thursday.
Rain activity will further increase with heavy to very heavy rains on the north coast of Tamil Nadu (including a Chennai with sock) and the southern coast of Andhra Pradesh in some places and extremely heavy rains in isolated locations and heavy or very heavy rains in isolated places. over Kerala, Mahe and Rayalaseema on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Anglers are advised not to venture into the southeast of the bay on Tuesday and Wednesday and into the southwest of the bay and along and off Tamil Nadu and the adjoining coast of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday and Thursday. Those already in the deep sea are advised to return to shore by Tuesday.
Arabian Sea Depression
Meanwhile, Sunday's depression over the east-central Arabian Sea, which is helping to pull easterly winds from the Bay of Bengal into the Southern Peninsula and playing its role in driving the northeast monsoon at the same time, was located about 840 km southwest of Mumbai. and 790 km west-southwest of Panjim. However, it has no direct impact on the Indian coast.
IMD has issued a heavy rain and thunderstorm warning for Tamil Nadu through Friday. Light to moderate rainfall is likely in many places over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal, with heavy to very heavy rains in isolated locations and over the coast of Andhra Pradesh, Yanam, Rayalaseema and southern inner Karnataka today (Monday). Extremely heavy isolated rains are likely to hit the coast of Tamil Nadu and the southern coast of Andhra Pradesh on Thursday.
