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Widespread rain with gentle to average rainfall at many locations with heavy rainfall at remoted locations may be very seemingly over south coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema on Friday (November 28, 2025) beneath the affect of the cyclonic storm Ditwah over coastal Sri Lanka and adjoining south west Bay of Bengal.
The depth of rain may be very prone to improve progressively over the following two days. The protection of rain would lower progressively from December 1, in response to the India Meteorological Division (IMD). An orange alert has been issued for south Andhra coast other than north Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
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The protection and depth of rain is predicted to extend turning into gentle to average rainfall at most locations with heavy to very rainfall at remoted locations on November 29, 2025 and heavy to very heavy at a number of locations and intensely heavy rainfall at remoted locations on November 30 over south coastal Andhra Pradesh.
It could then lower progressively turning into gentle to average rainfall at many locations with heavy to very heavy rainfall at remoted locations on December 1, 2025 and heavy rainfall at remoted locations over south coastal Andhra Pradesh on December 2, 2025.
Rayalaseema: Gentle to average rainfall at many locations with heavy rainfall at remoted locations may be very seemingly on November 28, 2025. Thereafter, it is rather prone to improve turning into gentle to average rainfall at most locations with heavy to very rainfall at remoted locations on November 29 and heavy to very heavy at a number of locations and intensely heavy rainfall at remoted locations on November 30. It could then lower progressively turning into gentle to average rainfall at many locations with heavy rainfall at remoted locations on December 1.
In the meantime, the cyclonic storm Ditwah over coastal Sri Lanka and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with the velocity of 10 km/hr, and lay centered about 40 km southeast Trincomalee (Sri Lanka), 100 km northwest of Batticaloa (Sri Lanka), 320 km south-southeast of Puducherry and 530 km south of Chennai, on Friday morning (November 28, 2025).
It is rather prone to proceed to maneuver north-northwestwards throughout Sri Lanka coast and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal and attain over southwest Bay of Bengal close to North Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coasts by early morning of November 30.
Squally climate with wind velocity reaching 35-45 km/hr gusting to 55 km/hr is prevailing over west central bay and alongside and off south Andhra Pradesh coast. It is rather prone to improve turning into squally winds velocity reaching 50-60 km/hr gusting to 70 km/hr from November 28 night and gale wind with velocity reaching 60-70 km/hr, gusting to 80 km/hr from November 29 night until November 30 morning.
Thereafter, it’s prone to lower turning into squally wind velocity reaching 50-60 km/hr, gusting to 70 km/hr on December 1 morning and 45-55 km/hr gusting to 65 km/hr by December 1 night.
Average to tough sea situations are prevailing. It’s prone to turn into tough to very tough from November 28 night and excessive from December 29 night until November 30. Thereafter, it’s seemingly to enhance progressively on December 1 morning.
Fishermen Warning:
Complete suspension of fishing operations is suggested in coastal areas of Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and south Andhra Pradesh coasts until December 1.
These out at sea ought to keep away from southwest Bay of Bengal, Gulf of Mannar, Comorin space and alongside and off Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, south Andhra Pradesh and Sri Lanka coasts; adjoining westcentral Bay of Bengal until December 1 and Southeast Arabian Sea, Lakshadweep, Maldives and alongside and off Kerala coast until November 30.
Printed – November 28, 2025 01:57 pm IST