As predicted by Skymet Weather, the cyclonic storm Ockhi over Southeast Arabian Sea has intensified into a severe cyclonic storm on Friday morning. The cyclone bashed parts of Lakshadweep Islands with Minocoy recording 191 mm of rains in the past 24 hours. Similarly, places in Kerala such as Coonoor, Kodaikanal, Punalur and Thiruvananthapuram too witnessed three digit heavy rains.
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As per weathermen, Ockhi would continue moving west-northwestwards across Lakshadweep Islands during the next 24 hours. In wake of this, Lakshadweep Islands have been put on high alert. In fact, with more sea travel left, the system is very likely to get more marked during next 24 hours as it will continue to move in favorable weather conditions of warm sea surface temperatures of around 30°C and vertical wind shear is also low.
Weathermen are predicting heavy to very heavy rainfall, with isolated extremely heavy falls over Lakshadweep area during the next 24 hours. The sea conditions will be rough off and along the coast. Damage is also expected, hence it is advised for fishermen and common people to not venture out.
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Meanwhile, in Kerala, rains and thundershowers of varying intensity may continue over most parts, with heavy rainfall at isolated places during next the 24 hours. The intensity of rains would now reduce over most parts of Tamil Nadu but moderate showers would continue. Chennai will also receive on and off showers on Friday but with reduced intensity.
Please Note: Any information picked from here must be attributed to skymetweather.com