Low pressure area over Bay of Bengal becomes well-marked

The weather system brewing over the Bay of Bengal has gathered steam and became well marked and is expected to bring heavy to very rainfall in Tamil Nadu for the next five days from today.

The Met office has issued orange and yellow alerts for several districts which are expected to get very heavy rains for the next three days.

Yellow alert was issued for Chennai and its neighbouring districts of Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Chengalpattu districts from November 27 to 29 and also for other Northern districts like Villupuram and Cuddalore and delts districts.

Met office on Sunday said yesterday’s Low Pressure Area formed over East Equatorial Indian Ocean and adjoining Southeast Bay of Bengal moved westnorthwestwards,

became a Well Marked Low Pressure Area over Southest Bay of Bengal and adjoining east equatorial Indian Ocean and persisted over the same region.

It is likely to move west-northwestwards and concentrate into a Depression over central parts of south Bay of Bengal around Monday.

Thereafter, its likely to move northwestwards towards Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka coasts during the subsequent two days, promising very heavy rains in Cauvery delta districts.