Cyclone MADI as Depression and central Tamilnadu coast Landfall

6pm, ADT analysis of MADI suggests that pressure is only around 1004mb, but sees GOOD cloud top temperatures of -77.9 C.
But at 5:30pm, US NAVY still considers Cyclone Madi as Cyclone with pressure around 993mb and winds upto 75 kmph.
5:45pm, Microwave imagery shows that Madi still has good center and exactly parallel to #Chennai at 13.4N, 83.1E .. http://ow.ly/i/3ZufL 

Madi as Depression is expected to drift S-W or W-S-W at good pace in next 12hrs and landfall expected along Pondicherry around noon, 12-Dec.

RT @vnsiva: @weatherofindia Slight drizzling in Mount Road Chennai! (6:46pm)
#Chennai - expected to receive moderate rain from midnight or early morning tomorrow. Wind gusts upto 40/50 kmph is expected over city.
Heavy / moderate rain expected along #Chennai, N,central Tamilnadu coast after 10am tomorrow.
Showers expected to push into central,N,S interior Tamilnadu after 3pm tomorrow.
If MADI is making landfall as Depression, HIGH winds upto 50/60 kmph expected along N,Central Tamilnadu coast around noon of Thursday.

An easterly wave is expected to follow right behind this degraded Cyclone... its expected to reach central, S-E Tamilnadu coast on Saturday