Aftermath of land fall

• When the cloud mass is crossing land as there is NO organised structure [i.e centre, wall clouds, outer band and defined cyclonic circulation etc] centre of crossing may not be there or well defined.  Instead the time that the cloud mass, preferably the lowest pressure point, crosses a point over the coast  is then the land fall. 
• Karaikal reported westerly / 18 knots or so at 03Z:  So the system and its lowest pressure point may be at North of Karaikal at 0830 hrs IST. Continuous monitoring of pressure in between Karaikal & Cuddalore is not possible as per currently available of data.

1.  State Government should provide sensitive / precision Aneroid Barometer  or automated pressure instrument to each coastal hamlet in the coast,  The task can be entrusted with heads of fisherman./ cyclone shelter managers
2. SMS VOICE alert in vernacular language about the cyclone should be disseminated to each fisherman.  State Fisheries Department in coordination with India Meteorological Department, mobile service providers, voluntary agency and other stake holders should initiate this move for the benefit of fisherman. The data base of mobile numbers of all interested fisherman should be raised.
3. IMD should install high wind speed recorders at all vantage locations in the coast apart from installation of adequate AWS along the coast.