Cyclone VARDAH Coming: Heavy Rains in Chennai Monday, Bengaluru Tuesday

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UPDATE: 1700 IST, Dec 12

The storm is quickly moving west after landfall. The winds will ease, the rainfall will taper off in Chennai in the next 3-4 hours. The rains in Bengaluru will start from early hours of Tuesday. There might accompanying winds of 45-55 km/h.

UPDATE 1100 IST, Dec 12

Latest satellite image indicates the the storm has made landfall. The eye is crossing over to land. VARDAH has moved faster than earlier expected.

DECEMBER 12, 2016, MONDAY 

Cyclone VARDAH moving in. Will hit coast at 1800 hours IST today evening. Heavy rains with gusty winds in Chennai till today midnight. Heavy rains in Bengaluru, Mysore tomorrow.

DECEMBER 11, 2016, SUNDAY

Tropical cyclone VARDAH is coming tomorrow to Chennai. The landfall will occur just north of Chennai on the Andhra-Tamil border coast tomorrow afternoon. Very heavy rains are expected in southern Andhra and northern Tamil coast in the next 36 hours.

Chennai and northern Tamil Nadu will face winds of 50-60 km/h, gusts upto 80 km/h on Monday, accompanied by flooding rains.

The rains in Chennai will begin from about 2 AM on Monday and may continue for 24 hours.

Come Tuesday and the weakened storm system will move to southern Karnataka. Bengaluru can expect heavy rains.

As NADA Brings NE Monsoon To Tamil Nadu, Tropical Cyclone VARDAH May Hit Andhra Soon

DECEMBER 1, 2016, THURSDAY

The rain gods have awakened at last. The weak tropical storm NADA hovering off the Tamil Nadu coast  is pushing the north east monsoons into southern India. The storm is diffused. It's flails are bringing rainfall even to far flung Andhra Pradesh. 

The JTWC estimates the wind speeds of NADA is 75 km/h, gusts upto 90 km/h. Rains are continuing in coastal Tamil Nadu under its influence. Rains in the state will continue for the next 24-36 hours. Neighbouring Kerala may receive rainfall on December 3, especially Kochi.

Nada will make landfall today evening near Nagapattinam.

Nada is a little boy. Another cyclone in the Bay of Bengal is imminent soon. And it is going to be big, bad and very ugly. Cyclone VARDAH has already been born in the South China Sea. In a day or two it will slip into the Bay of Bengal. Forecast models hint at the possibility of the low pressure intensifying into 975 hPa roaring monster which hit Andhra Pradesh on December 10, 2016.