Daily Crop Weather Information on 23 November 2020

Abstract

• The Depression over southwest & adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal moved northwestwards with a speed of 25 kmph during past 06 hours and lay centered at 0830 hours IST of 23rd November, 2020 over the same region near Latitude 9.5°N and Longitude 84.2°E, about 550 km east-southeast of Puducherry and 590 km southeast of Chennai. It is very likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm during next 24 hours. It is very likely to move northwestwards and cross Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts between Karaikal and Mamallapuram around 25th November 2020 afternoon as a severe cyclonic storm with a wind speed of 100-110 kmph gusting to 120 kmph. • Under its influence, the rainfall activity is likely to increase over south peninsular India from today the 23rd November onwards with fairly widespread to widespread rainfall/thunderstorm activity over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal during 24th to 26th November and over south Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Rayalseema and Telangana during 25th to 26th November, 2020. Isolated extremely heavy rainfall activity also very likely over Tamil Nadu & Puducherry during 24th & 25th and over south Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Rayalseema on 25th & 26th and over Telangana on 26th November, 2020. • Fishermen are advised not to venture into southwest and adjoining westcentral & southeast Bay of Bengal, Gulf of Mannar and along & off Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and south Andhra Pradesh coasts during 23rd to 25th November. Also the fishermen out at the Sea are advised to return to the coast and avoid the above sea areas. • The Cyclonic Storm “GATI” over north Somalia moved nearly westwards with a speed of about 08 kmph during past 06 hours and lay centered at 0830 hrs IST of 23rd November 2020 over the same region near Latitude 10.5° N and Longitude 49.7°E, about 180 km westsouthwest of Ras Binnah (Somalia). It is very likely to move nearly westwards and weaken gradually into a Deep Depression during next 03 hours and into a depression during subsequent 06 hours. Since the system is away from Indian coast, no adverse weather will be caused by this system over 2 Indian coast. However fishermen are advised not to venture into Gulf of Aden and southwest Arabian Sea along & off north Somalia coast till evening of today.