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Low pressure area over Andaman sea likely to become depression
A fresh spell of rainfall is expected to lash Tamil Nadu as the well-marked low pressure area over the south Andaman Sea is likely to turn into a depression in the next 24 hours and a deep depression in the subsequent 48 hours, the Met office said.
Chennai
Hovering over the north Sumatra coast and the adjoining south Andaman Sea, the low pressure area now lies over southeast Bay of Bengal and the adjoining south Andaman Sea and equatorial Indian Ocean, it said in its latest bulletin.
Also, there is a presence of associated cyclonic circulation extending up to 5.8 km above the mean sea level, it said.
“It is very likely to become a depression over southeast Bay of Bengal and its neighbourhood during the next 24 hours and a deep depression during the subsequent 48 hours.”
The system is very likely to move towards north Tamil Nadu and south Andhra Pradesh in the next three to four days, it added.
S Balachandran, the director of Regional Meteorological Centre, said rains and heavy showers should be expected in a few places in Tamil Nadu today and tomorrow under the influence of the cyclonic circulation.
Heavy rain at isolated places is very likely over Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
Squally winds speed reaching 50-60 kmph gusting to 70 Kmph very likely to prevail over and around north Lakshadweep Islands. Sea conditions are very likely to be rough over and around north Lakshadweep Islands. Fishermen are advised not to venture into Sea over and around north Lakshadweep Islands and along and off Goa, Karnataka and south Maharashtra coasts and over and around Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Shallow to moderate fog at isolated places is very likely over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, Nagaland-Manipur-Mizoram-Tripura, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, Punjab and north Rajasthan.
December 4, 2017: Heavy rain at isolated places is very likely over Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Squally winds speed reaching 45-55 kmph gusting to 65 Kmph very likely to prevail along and off north Maharashtra coast and south Gujarat coast and over and around Andaman Sea.
Sea conditions are very likely to be rough to very rough along north Maharsahtra and south Gujarat coast and over and around south Andaman Sea. Fishermen are advised not to venture into Sea over and around north Lakshadweep Islands and along and off Goa, Karnataka and south Maharashtra coasts and over and around Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Shallow to moderate fog at isolated places is very likely over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, Nagaland-Manipur-Mizoram-Tripura, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, Punjab and north Rajasthan.
Squally winds speed reaching 45-55 kmph gusting to 65 Kmph very likely to prevail along and off north Maharashtra and south Gujarat coasts. Sea conditions are very likely to be rough to very rough along north Maharsahtra and south Gujarat coasts. Fishermen are advised not to venture into Sea over and around north Lakshadweep Islands and along and off Goa, Karnataka and south Maharashtra coasts.
Shallow to moderate fog at isolated places is very likely over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, Nagaland-Manipur-Mizoram-Tripura, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, Punjab and north Rajasthan.
December 6, 2017: Heavy rain at isolated places is likely over Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
Day 5 (7th Dec.): Heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places is very likely over Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Heavy rain at isolated places is likely over coastal Andhra Pradesh.
Weather Outlook for the subsequent 2 days (December 8 and 9, 2017)
Rain at many places likely over Andaman and Nicobar Islands; at a few to many places over southeast peninsula and eastern India and isolated over Lakshadweep and parts of central India. Weather is likely to be dry over the remaining parts of the country.
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