Position of Cyclone Nilam as of 8:30am is ... http://ow.ly/i/14Ab6 

Now its Cyclone Nilam - Showing signs of moving N-W

1pm, Latest satellite visible shot shows that the core is still near N-E Srilanka coast.
Now it's named as Cyclone Nilam.
Pressure  ::  993mb
Wind  ::   Upto 75 km/hr

IMD warning at 11am IST

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The deep depression over southwest Bay of Bengal remained practically stationary and intensified

into Cyclonic storm ‘NILAM’.It lay centred at  0830 hours IST of today, the 30

th

 October 2012 near latitude 

9.0

0

N  and  longitude  82.0

0

E,  about  500  km  south-southeast  of  Chennai  and  100  km  east-northeast  of 

Trincomalee (Sri Lanka). The system would move northwestwards and cross north Tamil Nadu and adjoining 

south Andhra Pradesh coast between Nagapattinam and Nellore by 31

st 

 October, 2012 afternoon/evening.

NOGAPS model predicts a central & North Tamilnadu coast landfall on evening of 31-Oct

RT @iamkarthikd: RT @crvgalatta: Cyclone #nilam creates mega traffic jam in #chennai  http://t.co/cPiEtGUw 

"02B" - Almost a Cyclone to be named !

9am, Latest Satellite visible shot..
Situated around 500km S-E of Chennai
Pressure ::  993mb
Wind  ::   upto 75 km/hr

JTWC warning at 8:30am IST

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JTWC has relocated the present location of Cyclone / Deep depression.
And expects it to move N-W towards central & North Tamilnadu coast in next 24hrs.

IMD warning at 9am IST

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Position of Deep Depression / Cyclone as by IMD at 5:30am IST

Deep Depression over southwest Bay of Bengal: Cyclone Alert for North Tamil Nadu,

Puducherry and adjoining South Andhra Pradesh coasts

The deep depression over southwest Bay of Bengal remained practically stationary and lay centred at

0530 hours IST of today, the 30th October 2012 over southwest Bay of Bengal near latitude 9.0

0N and longitude 82.00E, about 500 km south-southeast of Chennai and 100 km east-northeast of Trincomalee (SriLanka). The system would intensify further into a  cyclonic storm and move northwestwards for some moretime and then move northwestwards and cross north Tamil Nadu and adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coast between Nagapattinam and Nellore by 31st October, 2012 afternoon/evening.

Cyclone "02B" is not yet named as "Nilam" .. some news agencies are reporting it as Cyclone Nilam

@sarakumar1 >> Cyclone is still around N-N-E of Srilanka and it's expected to move N-W from now on according to most models.

#chennai - 9:25am, steady heavy rain continues even now... #cyclone

RT @rangats: Heavy rains in chennai started it looks like evening 7.40 - @weatherofindia koyambedu area

#chennai - 7:58am, Raining steady and becoming heavy now over Polichalur Zone.

RT @shivakumar: #chennairains schools close today due to rain @weatherofindia

Schools & Colleges along central & North Tamilnadu coast to remain closed today !

Cyclone "02B" - Will be named as Nilam

6:30am, Here's the latest Satellite visible shot of the System.
Position  ::  8.8N-83.4E (still near N-E Srilanka)
Pressure ::  993mb
Wind  ::   around 75 km/hr

JTWC warning at 2:30am IST

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Predicts that the system will start to move N-W by morning and cross S-E,central Tamilnadu coast on noon of 31-Oct.