Cyclone Fani to skip city, eyes AP, Odisha
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:30.04.2019
Tamil Nadu’s loss is Andhra Pradesh and Odisha’s gain, as cyclone Fani is expected to bring only light rain in Chennai and its surrounding districts, while heavy rain is expected in several districts along the east coast of India for the next two days.
According to IMD, cloudy skies and scattered light rain are expected in the city on April 30 and May 1 as Fani will pass Chennai coast at a distance of about 300 to 350km on May 1. However, once it crosses Chennai, the cyclone, which is expected to intensify into a severe cyclone by April 29, will recurve towards Andhra Pradesh.
The sudden shift in the course of the cyclone will bring heavy rain to north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha, as well as Gangetic West Bengal and Bangladesh.
“Light to moderate rain is likely to occur at a few places over Tamil Nadu. In Chennai, the rain depends on the movement of the cyclone,” said S Balachandran, DDG, IMD.
According to Skymet Weather, Cyclone Fani was about 750km east-southeast of Chennai on Monday evening. After it crosses the north of Chennai on May 1, it will recurve in the east-northeast direction towards Andhra Pradesh and veer further up north. By April 30, it is expected to intensify into a very severe cyclone and by May 1, extremely severe cyclone. By then, the cyclone is expected to shift course and bring heavy rain in north coastal Andhra Pradesh, south coastal Odisha and West Bengal.
While only light and patchy rain has been forecast in and around Chennai, winds are expected to gust at a speed of about 40 to 60kmph with lightning likely to occur at isolated places. The sea condition will be rough on Tuesday and Wednesday. However, different weather models are generating different results when it comes to the cyclone’s landfall. A few projected that the cyclone will weaken before it reaches Bangladesh coast, while others showed that it will make a landfall near Bangladesh.
“Though the cyclone has a cloud cover of about 1,000km radius, the actual rain-bearing clouds are only at about 100 to 200km radius from the eye. The rest are at a 10,000 to 20,000 feet height which won’t bring rain,” said Mahesh Palawat, chief meteorologist, Skymet Weather.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:30.04.2019
Tamil Nadu’s loss is Andhra Pradesh and Odisha’s gain, as cyclone Fani is expected to bring only light rain in Chennai and its surrounding districts, while heavy rain is expected in several districts along the east coast of India for the next two days.
According to IMD, cloudy skies and scattered light rain are expected in the city on April 30 and May 1 as Fani will pass Chennai coast at a distance of about 300 to 350km on May 1. However, once it crosses Chennai, the cyclone, which is expected to intensify into a severe cyclone by April 29, will recurve towards Andhra Pradesh.
The sudden shift in the course of the cyclone will bring heavy rain to north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha, as well as Gangetic West Bengal and Bangladesh.
“Light to moderate rain is likely to occur at a few places over Tamil Nadu. In Chennai, the rain depends on the movement of the cyclone,” said S Balachandran, DDG, IMD.
According to Skymet Weather, Cyclone Fani was about 750km east-southeast of Chennai on Monday evening. After it crosses the north of Chennai on May 1, it will recurve in the east-northeast direction towards Andhra Pradesh and veer further up north. By April 30, it is expected to intensify into a very severe cyclone and by May 1, extremely severe cyclone. By then, the cyclone is expected to shift course and bring heavy rain in north coastal Andhra Pradesh, south coastal Odisha and West Bengal.
While only light and patchy rain has been forecast in and around Chennai, winds are expected to gust at a speed of about 40 to 60kmph with lightning likely to occur at isolated places. The sea condition will be rough on Tuesday and Wednesday. However, different weather models are generating different results when it comes to the cyclone’s landfall. A few projected that the cyclone will weaken before it reaches Bangladesh coast, while others showed that it will make a landfall near Bangladesh.
“Though the cyclone has a cloud cover of about 1,000km radius, the actual rain-bearing clouds are only at about 100 to 200km radius from the eye. The rest are at a 10,000 to 20,000 feet height which won’t bring rain,” said Mahesh Palawat, chief meteorologist, Skymet Weather.
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