What'll #Chennai and North Tamilnadu coast get from this #Cyclone #Phethai ??#NOTHING
— Indian Weather Man (@weatherofindia) December 16, 2018
You can expect a 100% cloudy Sunday, Windy and with drizzles at times !
Enjoy the Windy #Sunday!
But #ALERT
N Tamilnadu and #Chennai needs rain badly.
Now, we're at end of #monsoon Season #iwm pic.twitter.com/EglqIfiYQl
Cyclone #Phethai , after crossing #Chennai latitude..
— Indian Weather Man (@weatherofindia) December 16, 2018
It'll continue its North journey !
Encountered by rising Wind Shear ! (which'll start to degrade the Cyclone).
Dry air wrapping !
Landfall expected on Monday evening along central coast Andhra as a possible depression #iwm pic.twitter.com/KPy47HorMT
Cyclone #Phethai in next 24hrs ...
— Indian Weather Man (@weatherofindia) December 16, 2018
Expected to intensify further and move NNW for 6 hrs and then North while crossing #Chennai latitude.
The cyclone is expected to be in parallel to #Chennai today evening. #iwm pic.twitter.com/8D6qqIUt3b
94B is now a Cyclone #Phethai
— Indian Weather Man (@weatherofindia) December 16, 2018
Estimated pressure at around 997mb.
Slowly drifting NNW and now seen SouthEast from #Chennai .. #iwm
Most of the convective activity is over NW,W,SW quadrants of the Cyclone. pic.twitter.com/bFbEe8FfL9
94B is expected to intensify into a Cyclone in next 24hrs !
— Indian Weather Man (@weatherofindia) December 15, 2018
94B will continue to drift in NNW direction till Chennai latitude and then move North and weaken.
Landfall expected along central coast Andhra as a possible Depression on Monday. #iwm pic.twitter.com/fQbWLAnV5z
First update on 94B - Deep Depression !
— Indian Weather Man (@weatherofindia) December 15, 2018
After a week long chit chat about the intensity and the track.
Now it's slowly intensifying and drifting NNW. #iwm
Heavy convective activity seen over N,NW,W quadrants as of now. pic.twitter.com/KrIBkBDPGZ
12am, 16-Nov...#Cyclone #Gaja is blasting its way into Vedaranyam coast as a Severe Cyclonic Storm.
— Indian Weather Man (@weatherofindia) November 15, 2018
Pressure is now around 977mb and winds gusting to 120kmph.
Heavy rain and Damaging winds will push into to coast and interior in next 4 hrs.
Stay Safe ! #iwm pic.twitter.com/pzhzKngCnW
6:15pm, #Cyclone #Gaja ...
— Indian Weather Man (@weatherofindia) November 15, 2018
Intensified further, pressure now around 980mb.
Now at around 120km approx East of Nagapattinam.
During past 6 hrs, it has slightly drifted just South of Nagapattinam latitude.
Landfall expected South of Nagapattinam in next 4hrs. #iwm pic.twitter.com/tlandRrPY9
3pm, #Cyclone #Gaja ...
— Indian Weather Man (@weatherofindia) November 15, 2018
Marching towards Karaikal and Nagapattinam coast.
Intensity remains the same.
Now its around 185km East of Karaikal. #iwm pic.twitter.com/wnJeYsCOAR
#Cyclone #Gaja is getting good shape and intensity !
— Indian Weather Man (@weatherofindia) November 14, 2018
Pressure around 994mb.
Drifted WSW during past 12 hrs.
2 path projection still persists.
JTWC > Just South of Pondicherry, 15-Nov, late evening.
GEFS > Near Vedaranyam, 15-Nov, late evening. #iwm pic.twitter.com/Y3TAqI6VVW
#Cyclone #Gaja at present is guided/steered by the anti-cyclone over East of the system.
— Indian Weather Man (@weatherofindia) November 11, 2018
In next 24hrs, the anti-cyclone over Arabian sea will take over and #Gaja will start to drift W-S-W.
GEFS and ECMWF models predict a central #Tamilnadu coast landfall on 15-Nov #iwm pic.twitter.com/A8pZjVQ64I
#Cyclone #Gaja is here ...
— Indian Weather Man (@weatherofindia) November 11, 2018
At present it's Parallel and East of #Chennai over East-Central Bay.
Present pressure is around 1000mb.
Now it's not a well formed Cyclone, but it'll intensify further in next 24hrs. #iwm pic.twitter.com/bx9D6qKroy
9pm, Chennai - Polichalur, Pammal zone got a heavy shower for 15 min.
— Indian Weather Man (@weatherofindia) November 1, 2018
After midnight into morning of Friday, Moderate to heavy rain ahead for Chennai, N-coast Tamilnadu and S-coast Andhra
9pm, Satellite shows "showers lining up for N-coast Tamilnadu, Chennai towards morning #iwm pic.twitter.com/aOQEtw7LTT
#HeadsUp
— Indian Weather Man (@weatherofindia) October 31, 2018
GFS in its past 5 days is continuosly predicting a Cyclone over Bay and making landfall near Karaikal on 7-Nov !
But ECMWF is not picking up. Let's see !
We should see a Pop over South Bay on 3/4-Nov according to GFS model. #iwm pic.twitter.com/L8XUf4GpYX
8:30pm, Satellite shows subdued cloud formations along coast.
— Indian Weather Man (@weatherofindia) October 31, 2018
It'll pick up again around early hrs of Thursday and more rain ahead for #Chennai and N-coast Tamilnadu, S-coast Andhra.
Moderate rain ahead for Chennai , N-coast Tamilnadu till Friday evening. #iwm pic.twitter.com/OwmGerzB6E
Latest analysis show a weak circulation over SW Bay near NE Srilanka.
— Indian Weather Man (@weatherofindia) October 31, 2018
Not expected to intensify, in next 30 hrs the easterlies is expected to push inland into Tamilnadu. Now, the wind direction all along chennai, Tamilnadu coast is mostly N-N-E due to the circulation. #iwm pic.twitter.com/4Pwwxy1WAe
RT @vipertweetz:
— Indian Weather Man (@weatherofindia) October 30, 2018
7am, Welcome rains at Velachery.. here he comes #NEM #ChennaiRains
RT @Adityagopalan2:
Meenambakkam dark cloudy and raining.
7:05am, Polichalur zone also got a 1 min shower. #iwm
First showers of NorthEast #monsoon #2018 pic.twitter.com/xDeqpiIEK6
RT @YashpalSalecha:
— Indian Weather Man (@weatherofindia) October 30, 2018
6:40am, First easterlies reach coast. #NorthEastmonsoon #NEM #Chennai
It's only along coast, No rain yet in Polichalur zone. #iwm
Some more showers expected before noon today!
Rains expected to push inland only on Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/YzFZ5i3iol
First moderate easterlies expected to Reach N,central #Tamilnadu coast, #Chennai and S-coast #Andhra on Tuesday, 30-Oct, Evening.
— Indian Weather Man (@weatherofindia) October 28, 2018
Moderate scattered rain expected on 31-Oct, Wednesday !
2018 NorthEast #Monsoon onset !! #iwm pic.twitter.com/ey9rILPRhH
NorthEast #monsoon is near !
— Indian Weather Man (@weatherofindia) October 28, 2018
A weak low-level circulation seen over SW Bay and its easterly trough seen up North upto N-coast Odisha and S Bengal. #iwm pic.twitter.com/VXf9buAjsU