Daily Crop Weather Information on 01 December 2020

Abstract

The Deep Depression over Southwest & adjoining Southeast Bay of Bengal moved nearly westwards with a speed of 11 kmph during past 06 hours and lay centered at 0830 hours IST of today, the 01st December, 2020 over the same region near Lat. 7.8°N and Long. 85.7°E, about 500 km east-southeast of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka) and 900 km east-southeast of Kanyakumari (India). It is very likely to intensify further into a Cyclonic Storm during next 24 hours. It is very likely to move westnorthwestwards and cross Sri Lanka coast between Latitudes 7.5°N and 9.0°N close to Trincomalee during evening/night of 02nd December. It is very likely to move nearly westwards thereafter, emerge into Gulf of Mannar & adjoining Comorin area on 03rd December morning and move westwards towards south Tamil Nadu coast. • Under the influence of the above system: (i) Heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places with isolated Extremely heavy falls very likely over south Tamil Nadu (Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Tenkasi, Ramanathapuram and Sivagangai) on 2nd and 3rd December, 2020 and over south Kerala (Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta and Alappuzah) on 3rd December. Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall likely over south Kerala on 2nd & 4th December, 2020; isolated heavy rainfall over south Tamil Nadu on 1st, 4th & 5th December and over south Kerala on 5th December, 2020. (ii) Heavy to very heavy rainfall at Isolated places very likely over north Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal and north Kerala & Mahe on 2nd & 3rd December; isolated heavy rainfall likely over north coastal Tamil Nadu on 1st December and over north Kerala & Mahe on 4th December. (iii) Heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places very likely over Lakshadweep during 3rd and 4th December; heavy rainfall at isolated places likely over south Coastal Andhra Pradesh during 2nd & 3rd December, over Rayalaseema on 3rd December and over Lakshadweep on 5th December, 2020. • Fishermen are advised not to venture into southeast Bay of Bengal during 1st December, southwest Bay of Bengal and along & off east Sri Lanka coast from 1st 2 to 3rd December; Comorin Area, Gulf of Mannar and south Tamil Nadu-Kerala coasts from 2nd to 4th December, over Lakshadweep-Maldives area & adjoining southeast Arabian Sea from 3rd to 4th December. Fishermen out at Sea are advised to return to the coast by today. Total suspension of fishing operation during 1st- 4th December over these areas.