The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday said a fresh cyclonic circulation is likely to form over North Andaman Sea during the next 24 hours and will give light to moderate rains over South Peninsular India during the next five days. The weather forecasting agency said the minimum temperature is likely to remain between 8-10 degrees Celsius over many parts of northwest and adjoining central India during the next 4-5 days.
In its update, the Meteorological Department said that the low pressure area has become less marked in and around south coastal Andhra Pradesh. However, it said, the associated cyclonic circulation is now lying over north interior Tamil Nadu and neighborhood and extending up to mid-tropospheric levels.
The IMD said that a fresh cyclonic circulation is likely to form over North Andaman Sea during the next 24 hours. Under its influence, widespread to moderate rainfall is very likely over Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh during next 5 days.
For today, the Meteorological Department has issued a yellow alert for the entire state of Tamil Nadu. There is no alert yet for Kerala and Karnataka. For Andhra Pradesh, IMD has issued Yellow Alert for Nellore district.
Further, IMD has predicted a gradual fall in minimum temperature by 2-3°C over many parts of Bihar and Jharkhand during next 3 days and no significant change thereafter. The agency said that there is no significant change in the minimum temperature over the rest of the country during the next five days.
