Cyclone NILAM Will Bring Heavy Rains To Tamil Nadu, Andhra, Orissa And West Bengal

Projected path of NILAM according to JTWC (Joint Typhoon Warning Center)

Satellite image of Cyclone NILAM at 1130 Hrs, today

We have said before that the present deep depression in the Bay of Bengal is going to start gaining in ferocity and turn into Cyclone NILAM. Well it has strengthened into a cyclone and it has been christened NILAM by the IMD. The cyclone will hit the Tamil Nadu coast south of Chennai tomorrow (Oct. 31, 2012) evening. Coastal areas of both Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh will face strong gale excess of 80 Kmph.

And the rains. Tamil Nadu and the entire Andhra Pradesh will receive very heavy rains tomorrow and on November 1, 2012. The rains will reach Orissa, Chattisgarh and West Bengal by the 3rd of November, 2012. Chennai is in for  severe drenching in the next two days.

Increasing wind speed

Predicted Track of Cyclone NILAM from oct. 30 (6 PM IST) to Oct. 31 (9 PM IST)

Increasing rainfall

Rainfall prediction map owing to NILAM. Oct. 31, 2012 to Nov 3, 2012