Severe cyclonic storm may cross coast near Puducherry on Nov 26 morning

Chennai: A severe cyclonic storm NIVAR over southwest Bay of Bengal moved northwestwards with a speed of 11 kmph during past six hours and lay centred at 1730 hrs IST of November 25, 2020 over southwest Bay of Bengal near latitude 10.0°N and longitude 81.3°E, about 110 km east-southeast of Cuddalore, about 115 km southeast of Puducherry and 185 km southsoutheast of Chennai.

It is very likely to intensify further into a very severe cyclonic storm and move northwestwards for next 06 hours and cross Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts between Karaikal and Mamallapuram near Puducherry on November 26 early morning with a wind speed of 120-130 kmph gusting to 145kmph.
 
Chennai had 16 cm rainfall in 24 hrs period upto November 25 evening. It had 6 cm rainfall in the 12 hours ending 8 pm IST on November 25.

Rainfall figures in 24 hours:  
16 cm Chennai(N) (dist Chennai)
15 cm Anna Uty Arg (dist Chennai), Chennai Ap (dist Chennai), Sholinganallur (dist Chennai)
14 cm Taramani Arg (dist Chennai), Anna University (dist Chennai), Dgp Office (dist Chennai), Mgr Nagar (dist Chennai)
12 cm Mahabalipuram (dist Chengalpattu), Alandur (dist Chennai), Hindusthan University (dist Chengalpattu), Puzhal Arg (dist Tiruvallur), Chembarambakkam Arg (dist Tiruvallur)
11 cm Tambaram (dist Chengalpattu), Ambathur (dist Tiruvallur)
10 cm Perambur (dist Chennai), Chembarabakkam (dist Tiruvallur), Red Hills (dist Tiruvallur), Kolapakkam Arg (dist Chengalpattu), Poonamallee (dist Tiruvallur)
9cm Ennore Aws (dist Tiruvallur), Thirupporur (dist Chengalpattu), Cholavaram (dist Tiruvallur)
8 cm Maduranthagam (dist Chengalpattu), Kelambakkam (dist Chengalpattu)
7 cm Sriperumbudur (dist Kancheepuram)
6 cm Chengalpattu (dist Chengalpattu), Koratur (dist Tiruvallur)
5 cm Thirukalukundram (dist Chengalpattu), Cheyyur (dist Chengalpattu)
4 cm Ponneri (dist Tiruvallur), Gummidipoondi (dist Tiruvallur), Marakkanam (dist Villupuram), Uthiramerur (dist Kancheepuram), Thamaraipakkam (dist Tiruvallur), Tiruvallur (dist Tiruvallur)
3 cm Poondi (dist Tiruvallur)
2 cm Pondicherry (dist Puducherry), Kancheepuram (dist Kancheepuram), Thiruvalangadu (dist Tiruvallur), Tirupoondi (dist Nagapattinam), Walajabad (dist Kancheepuram), Thalaignayer (dist Nagapattinam), Vanur (dist Villupuram), Vembakkam (dist Tiruvannamalai), Cuddalore (dist Cuddalore), Chidambaram (dist Cuddalore), Tindivanam (dist Villupuram)
1 cm Karaikal (dist Karaikal), Parangipettai (dist Cuddalore), Chidambaram Aws (dist Cuddalore), Vandavasi (dist Tiruvannamalai), Vilupuram (dist Villupuram), Bhuvanagiri (dist Cuddalore), Kumbakonam (dist Thanjavur), Srimushnam (dist Cuddalore), Manjalaru (dist Thanjavur), Panruti (dist Cuddalore), Vridhachalam (dist Cuddalore), Pelandurai (dist Cuddalore), Manalmedu (dist Nagapattinam), Kollidam (dist Nagapattinam), Sethiyathope (dist Cuddalore), Sirkali (dist Nagapattinam), Arakonam (dist Vellore), Mayiladuthurai (dist Nagapattinam), Nagapattinam (dist Nagapattinam), Cheyyar (dist Tiruvannamalai), Arakonam (dist Ranipet), Uthukottai (dist Tiruvallur)
 
DATE/TIME (IST) OF OBSERVATION 1730 HRS ISTOF 25-11-2020/1200 UTCOF 25.11.2020 INTENSITYVERY SEVERE CYCLONIC STORM WIND SPEED: 120-130 KMPH GUSTING TO 145KMPH. LOCATION LATITUDE/LONGITUDE OVER SOUTHWEST BAY OF BENGAL NEAR LAT. 11.4°N AND LONG. 80.7°E,ABOUT:·110 KM EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CUDDALORE.·115 KM EAST-SOUTHEASTOF PUDUCHERRY.·185 KM SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OFCHENNAI.
PAST MOVEMENTCENTRE MOVED NORTHWESTWARDS WITH A SPEED OF 13 KMPH DURING PAST 6 HOURS.  OBSERVATIONS FROM THE COASTWIND-SPEED (KMPH): NAGAPATNAM-35, KARAIKAL-25, CUDDALORE-18, PUDUCHERRY-18 AND CHENNAI-20 KMPH. RAINFALL (MM) SINCE 08:30 IST OF 25THNOVEMBER 2020: NAGAPATNAM-40, KARAIKAL-56, CUDDALORE-75, PUDUCHERRY-62 AND CHENNAI-61 FORECAST MOVEMENT, INTENSITY AND LANDFALL TO MOVE NORTHWESTWARDS AND CROSS TAMIL NADU AND PUDUCHERRY COASTS BETWEEN KARAIKAL AND MAMALLAPURAM AROUND PUDUCHERRY DURING MIDNIGHT OF 25^TH AND EARLY HOURS OF 26^TH NOVEMBER 2020 WITH WIND SPEED OF 120-130 KMPH GUSTING TO 145 KMPH.