Cyclone Burevi likely to cross south T.N. early on Friday: IMD

Cyclone Burevi is likely to emerge into the Gulf of Mannar and the adjoining Comorin space on Thursday morning, after crossing the Sri Lankan coast on Wednesday night/evening. It could largely affect the southern elements of the State and produce pretty widespread rain until Saturday, in accordance to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

It is likely to cross south Tamil Nadu, between Kanniyakumari and Pamban, early on Friday morning. As on Tuesday, the cyclone, forecast to attain the Sri Lankan coast, moved westwards, with a pace of 13 kmph.

The IMD has supplied a yellow alert, updating the authorities on the approaching climate disturbance.

Officials of the Meteorological Department stated extraordinarily heavy rain (above 24 cm) was likely, in a single or two locations over south Tamil Nadu, together with Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Kanniyakumari and Ramanathapuram, on Wednesday and Thursday. Other southern districts could expertise remoted, heavy to very heavy rain across the similar time. However, the depth of rainfall could drop after December 4.

One or two locations in north Tamil Nadu might also obtain heavy rain on Wednesday. Chennai could obtain thunderstorms, with mild to reasonable rain, for 2 days.

Burevi could take the identical route as Cyclone Ockhi, which impacted Sri Lanka, the southern elements of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in 2017.

They additionally recalled that two cyclonic storms in 1912, of various intensities, and a extreme cyclonic storm in November 1925 had affected Kerala and the Kanniyakumari area in Tamil Nadu.

Officials famous that the system was on a decrease latitude and may not be intense because the earlier cyclone. It will cross as a cyclonic storm over the Tamil Nadu coast and weaken. Squally winds, with speeds reaching 45-55 kmph and gusting to 65 kmph, are likely over the Comorin space, Gulf of Mannar and the south Tamil Nadu coast on Wednesday midday. This could steadily enhance to 70-80 kmph, gusting to 90 kmph, from Thursday night.

Another system

IMD can also be monitoring the event of one other climate system. But it’s too early to affirm its presence and predict its depth.

Weather consultants famous that 15 climate techniques crossed the Sri Lankan coast throughout the northeast monsoon, between 1965 and 2019. Of this, seven maintained their depth as cyclonic storms, whereas crossing the coast, and solely two have been extreme cyclonic storms throughout landfall.

Senior meteorologist Y.E.A. Raj stated: “The impending cyclone may help reduce the rain deficit in the southern districts and destruction may be less. The State needs to get 60%-70% excess rain in December to cover its overall deficit this season.”

The system could also be of particular curiosity as it’s likely to reduce throughout the coast, 4 instances, together with in Sri Lanka and India, he stated. Weather techniques with such tracks don’t happen continuously, he added.