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As the Depression over the Bay set to become Cyclonic storm, heavy rains to continue in TN till Oct 27 : Met dept

Chennai, Oct 25 (UNI) With the system set to intensify as a Cyclonic storm and further concentrate into a very severe Cyclonic storm and the Northeast monsoon remaining very active, several parts of Tamil Nadu, which were already experiencing heavy rains, will continue get severe wet spells for the next two days.
It said heavy rains with heavy to very heavy rains will occur over Western Ghat, South coastal, Cauvery delta, Northern and Interior districts for the next two days.
The rains are expected to abate by October 28 once the system moves towards the Andhra Pradesh coast.
In its daily report, the Met offie on Sunday afternoon said Northeast Monsoon has been active over Tamil Nadu and rainfall occurred at most places over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal area..
It said the Depression over the Eastcentral and adjoining Southeast Bay of Bengal will move southwards and intensify into a Deep Depression and then gradually recurve westnorthwestwards over the Eastcentral adjoining Southeast Bay of Bengal. It is very likely to intensify further into a Cyclonic storm tomorrow and into a Severe Cyclonic storm over westcentral Bay of Bengal on Tuesday, move northwestwards, intensify further into a Very Severe Cyclonic storm and reach Westcentral Bay of Bengal near Andhra Pradesh coast
on October 28 and cross Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam as a Very Severe Cyclonic storm by forenoon the same day.
Meanwhile, yesterday’s Low Pressure area over Southeast Arabian sea and adjoining Lakshadweep area now lies over Southeast Arabian Sea and adjoining Kerala coast at 0830 hrs today and the associated cyclonic circulation now extends upto 3.1 km above mean sea level. Yesterday’s trough now runs from the cyclonic circulation associated with Low Pressure area over Southeast Arabian sea and adjoining Kerala coast to north coastal Tamil Nadu across Kerala and extends upto 3.1 km above mean sea level.
It said Cyclone Cautionary Warning Signal No.1 has been hoisted at nine ports -- Chennai, Ennore, Kattupalli, Cuddalore, Thoothukudi, Pamban, Puducherry, Nagapattinam and Karaikal -- in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry as strong winds will prevail due to Cyclonic storm forming tomorrow.
It said heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places with extremely heavy rain at one or two places with thunderstorm and lightning with gusty winds will occur over Pudukkottai, Thanjavur, Ariyalur, Perambalur and Tiruchirappalli districts for the day and a Red Alert was issued. Heavy to very heavy rain will also occur over Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Karur, Dindigul, Madurai, Sivaganga, Ramanathapuram, Salem, Namakkal, Kallakurichi, Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam and Villuppuram Districts
and Puducherry and Karaikal area (Orange Alert).
While Erode, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Virudhunagar, Tiruvannamalai, Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, Chennai, Theni and Kanyakumari districts will have heavy rains, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi, Tirupattur, Vellore, Ranipet and Tirunelveli districts will experience moderate rains.
Heavy to very heavy rain will occur over Pudukkottai, Sivaganga and Ramanathapuram districts tomorrow following which an Orange alert was issue, while heavy rain was forecast over Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Tenkasi, Virudhunagar, Madurai, Theni, Dindigul, Karur, Tiruchirappalli, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam districts, tomorrow.
On Tuesday, October 27, heavy rain will occur over Ramanathapuram district and moderate rain over rest South Tamil Nadu and Western Ghat district and light rains over the rest of the state.
As the rains are expected to abate from October 28 once the Cyclonic storm moves towards the Andhra Pradesh coast, light to moderate rain will occur at isolated places over South Tamilnadu and Western Ghat districts till October 31, while light rain will occur at isolated places over rest of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal area.
The forecast for Chennai city and its neighbourhood is the sky condition would remain partly cloudy with moderate to heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorm and lightning to occur in some areas. Moderate rain with thunderstorm and lightning is also likely to
occur in other areas for the next two days. The city experienced moderate to heavy rain during the last 24 hrs.
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