Chennai, Nov 26 (Representative) The Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘Nivar’ over north coastal Tamilnadu, which crossed the coast near Puducherry early on Thursday morning, has weakened into a cyclonic storm. A bulletin issued by the Met office here said it moved northwestwards with a speed of 13 kmph during the past six hours, weakened into a cyclonic storm and lay centered over north coastal Tamilnadu about 85 km northnorthwest of Puducherry and about 95 Km west-southwest of Chennai.
It would continue to move northwestwards and weaken further into a Deep Depression during next six hours and into a depression by subsequent six hours. Under its influence, thunderstorm with light to moderate rain will occur at a few places over North Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal area and light rain at isolated places over South Tamilnadu dujring the next 24 hrs. Thunderstorm with light to moderate rain is likely to occur at a few places over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal area for the next two days. It said heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places over Vellore, Ranipet, Tirupattur, Tiruvannamalai and Dharmapuri districts of Tamil Nadu. Thunderstorm with lightning is also likely to occur at isolated places over Tamil Nadu.
The forecast for Chennai city and its neighbourhood for the next 24 hrs is the sky condition is likely to be overcast. Thunderstorm with light to moderate rain is likely to occur. Maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 27 Deg C and 23 Deg C respectively. For the next 48 hrs, the sky condition is likely to be generally cloudy. Thunderstorm with light to moderate rain is likely to occur. Maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 29 Deg C and 24 Deg C respectively.