Existing low-pressure to intensify
Posted on: 20/Nov/2013 10:37:05 AM
The Met Department located the existing low-pressure area to 600 km east-northeast of Chennai; 500 km east-southeast of Machilipatnam; and 430 km southeast of Visakhapatnam on Tuesday afternoon.
It said that the depression would intensify into a deep depression (just below cyclone status) and cross south Andhra Pradesh and adjoining north Tamil Nadu coast by Thursday night.
The area of landfall is projected between Chennai and Ongole, according to the initial assessment by the Met Department.
Meanwhile, another �low� is forecast to develop over South Andaman Sea around Friday and intensify further.
Indications are that this too could grow to the level of a depression and head towards north Tamil Nadu and adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coast over the next 10 days.
On Thursday, isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall is forecast for coastal Andhra Pradesh and coastal Tamil Nadu as the likely deep depression crosses coast.
