The first tropical storm of the season has finally formed. According to weathermen at Skymet Weather, the depression over Sri Lanka further intensified into a Deep Depression in the wee hours of Thursday morning. The deep depression has now intensified into cyclone named as ‘Ockhi’. This weather system is moving in a westnorthwestwards direction, over Comorin region.
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According to weathermen, the weather system is presently travelling in favourable weather conditions into warm sea surface temperatures with abundant moisture. Weather models are predicting that chances of cyclonic storm intensifying into a severe cyclonic storm also cannot be ruled out, with long sea travel ahead.
The intensity of rains will be extremely heavy over southern tip of peninsular region that would include Kerala and South Tamil Nadu.
Places like Kanyakumari, Cuddalore, Sriviakuntam, Tutticorrin, Rameshwaram, Ramanathapuram, Tondi, Nagercoil, Kovilpatti, Pamban, Thiruvananthapuram, Alappuzha, Kollam, Kochi, and Kottayam may sea torrential rains during the next 24 hours. Chennai may also see on and off moderate rain with few heavy spells on Thursday.
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The sea conditions will be rough to very rough off and along the coast of Kerala and South Tamil Nadu for another 48 hours. Fishermen and locals are advised not to venture out in the sea during the time.
After reaching Southeast Arabian Sea, the cyclone is most likely to move in northwest direction towards west central Arabian Sea. With the system moving away, rains would reduce gradually over Tamil Nadu after 24 hours and over Kerala after 48 hours.
Please Note: Any information picked from here must be attributed to skymetweather.com