28-Nov-2024 10:38 PM
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Chennai, Nov 28 (Reporter) As the Cyclone threat faded, the Deep Depression (DD) over the
bay will weaken by tomorrow evening and cross the North Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts
on Saturday morning as a Depression.
In an update on Thursday night, the Met office said the DD over Southwest Bay of Bengal
moved Northeastwards with a speed of 10 kmph during past 6 hours.
It lay centred over the same region about 200 km Northeast of Trincomalee, 340 km
east-southeast of Nagapattinam, 410 km southeast of Puducherry and 470 km southeast
of Chennai.
The forecast is it is very likely to move nearly northwards and maintain its intensity
of Deep Depression till tomorrow morning.
Thereafter, it will move northwestwards, weaken gradually into a Depression in the
evening.
Continuing to move further northwestwards, it is very likely to cross North Tamil Nadu
and Puducherry coasts between Karaikal in Puducherry and Mahabalipuram, about
55 km from Chennai, around Saturday morning as a Depression with a wind speed
of 45-55 kmph gusting to 65 kmph...////...