Low pressure area forms over Arabian Sea
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A low pressure area has shaped over the south-east Arabian Sea and it’s more likely to intensify right into a cyclonic storm round Sunday, the India Meteorological Department mentioned in a 1 p.m. climate bulletin on Thursday.
The low pressure system is anticipated to turn out to be nicely marked over Lakshadweep by Friday morning and focus right into a despair over the identical area by Saturday morning. In the next 24 hours it’s anticipated to accentuate right into a cyclonic storm. “It is very likely to intensify further and move north- northwestwards towards Gujarat and adjoining Pakistan coasts. It is likely to reach near Gujarat coast around the evening of May 18,” IMD mentioned.
The Lakshadweep islands, Kerala, Ghat districts of Tamil Nadu, coastal and Ghat districts of Karnataka, south Konkan and Goa and Gujarat can anticipate widespread rainfall within the days forward. The IMD has put Lakshadweep on pink alert at this time (Thursday) and tomorrow (Friday), given the potential of extraordinarily heavy rainfall (above 20 cm in a 24-hour interval). The islands are on orange alert for scattered heavy to very heavy rainfall over the weekend.
Meanwhile, IMD has indicated that a number of Kerala districts are also more likely to obtain remoted heavy to extraordinarily heavy rainfall within the days forward. Orange alerts have been issued for Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam and Idukki districts on Friday. Northern districts Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur and Kasaragod are more likely to obtain extraordinarily heavy rainfall on Saturday whereas a number of different districts can anticipate remoted heavy to very heavy rainfall. Rainfall is more likely to be widespread on Sunday and Monday additionally within the state.
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