Bhubaneswar: The Cyclone Burevi, which has formed over southwest and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal, is expected to hit Tamil Nadu on December 4. However, the system will have no impact on Odisha, said the Regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar.
"There will be no impact of the system over Odisha and there is no such warning. The weather will remain dry for next five days and there will be no major changes in minimum temperature during the period," informed Bhubaneswar Met Centre Director HR Biswas.
"However, there is a possibility of shallow to moderate fog in some parts of the State including Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj and Sonepur on December 4 and 5," added Biswas.
The India Meteorological Department in its latest bulletin said that the deep depression over southwest and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal has intensified into a cyclonic storm- Burevi and moved west-northwestwards with a speed of 12 kmph during past six hours and lay centered over southwest Bay of Bengal about 300 km east-southeast of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka), 530 km east-southeast of Pamban (India) and 700 km nearly east of Kanniyakumari (India).
"It is very likely to intensify further during next 06 hours. It is very likely to move west-northwestwards and cross Sri Lanka coast between latitude 7.50N and 9.00N, close to Trincomalee during evening/night of December 2 as a Cyclonic Storm with a wind speed of 75-85 kmph gusting to 95 kmph. It is very likely to move nearly westwards thereafter, emerge into Gulf of Mannar and adjoining Comorin area on December 3 morning," said the IMD.
It would then move nearly west-southwestwards and cross south Tamil Nadu coast between Kanniyakumari and Pamban around early morning of December 4, predicted the weather department.
Under its impact, heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected at a few places with isolated Extremely heavy falls very likely over south Tamil Nadu (Kanniyakumari, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Tenkasi, Ramanathapuram and Sivagangai) on December 2 and 3 and over south Kerala (Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta and Alappuzah) on December 3.
The system might bring isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall likely over south Tamil Nadu on December 2 &4 and south Kerala on December on 3 & 4.
Similarly, heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places very likely over north Tamilnadu, Puducherry, Mahe & Karaikal and north Kerala on December 2 & 3 and, isolated heavy rainfall on December 4.
Heavy rainfall at isolated places very likely over south Coastal Andhra Pradesh on December 2 & 3 and over Lakshadweep on December 3 & 4.
(Edited By Rashmi Ranjan Mohanty)