Weather: South TN, Kerala on edge as Cyclone Burevi leaves Lanka
Cyclone Burevi, which was more than Sri Lanka, moved west-northwestwards and was positioned about 40 km East of Mannar (Sri Lanka), one hundred twenty km East-South-East of Pamban, and 320 km East-North-East of Kanniyakumari (both in South Tamil Nadu) at 5.30 am on Thursday early morning.
The cyclone would continue to keep its structure intact and move west-northwestwards to arise into Gulf of Mannar in the vicinity of the Mannar coast by 11.30 am, claimed the India Meteorological Division (IMD). Packing winds rushing to 70-eighty km/hr and gusting to ninety km/hr, the cyclone will be centered close to Pamban all-around noon.
Slight shift in keep track of
It will then shift keep track of (bend southward) to move west-southwestwards across the Pamban area by the afternoon, and cross the South Tamil Nadu coast amongst Pamban and Kanniyakumari by Thursday evening or early Friday early morning as a cyclone with wind speeds of 70-eighty km/hr gusting to ninety km/hr.
The impact of the cyclone might commence revealing alone more than the coastal districts of South Tamil Nadu from this forenoon alone from the Ramanathapuram district first, and distribute step by step towards the Kanniyakumari district farther to the South-South-West, the IMD claimed.
Major to quite weighty rainfall is forecast with isolated particularly weighty falls more than the Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Kanniyakumari, Tenkasi and Sivagangai districts in South Tamil Nadu and the Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta and Alappuzha districts in South Kerala on Thursday and isolated weighty to quite weighty rain more than South Tamil Nadu and South Kerala on Friday.
Major rainfall forecast
Major to quite weighty rainfall is likely more than North Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Mahe, Karaikal and North Kerala on Thursday when it would be isolated weighty on Friday. Major rainfall is forecast also more than south Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Lakshadweep on both Thursday and Friday. The Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, claimed that prevalent showers might strike Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala, Mahe and Lakshadweep till Friday early morning when it will be isolated more than Coastal Karnataka and scattered more than South Inside Karnataka.
Landfall more than Sri Lanka
Cyclone Burevi produced the first landfall more than Sri Lanka last evening (Wednesday) when it crossed the East Coastline of the island close to north of Trincomalee amongst ten.30 pm and 11.30 pm. The Sri Lanka Meteorological Division claimed that the centre of the cyclone had crossed the North-East coast amongst Kuchchaveli and Thiriyayi amongst ten.30-11.30 pm.
Meanwhile, squally wind speeds achieving fifty five-fifty five km/hr gusting to 75 km/hr more than the Comorin area, the Gulf of Mannar and together, and off Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli and Kanniyakumari in South Tamil Nadu Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta and Alappuzha in South Kerala, will scale up to 70-eighty km/hr gusting to ninety km/hr from the forenoon to Friday.
Substantial winds, rough seas warned
Wind speeds achieving 45-fifty five km/hr gusting to sixty five km/hr are forecast more than Lakshadweep-Maldives area and adjoining South-East Arabian Sea will prevail into Friday. A storm surge of about 3.2 ft higher previously mentioned the astronomical tide might inundate minimal lying locations of Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli and Kanniyakumari districts throughout the time of landfall.
Sea circumstances will be ‘very rough to high’ (wave heights of 20-30 ft) more than Comorin area, the Gulf of Mannar, and together and off the South Tamil Nadu-Kerala and West Sri Lanka coasts on Thursday and Friday. It will be ‘rough to quite rough’ (8-20 ft) more than the Lakshadweep-Maldives area and adjoining South-East Arabian Sea from these days (Thursday) to Saturday, the IMD claimed.