Coastal Karnataka and South Interior Karnataka are likely to receive isolated to scattered rainfall.
Published Nov 26, 2025 | 4:47 PM ⚊ Updated Nov 26, 2025 | 4:47 PM
Cyclone Senyar. (IMD)
Synopsis: With both systems in play, the IMD has forecast fairly widespread to widespread rainfall across North Tamil Nadu, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Coastal Karnataka and South Interior Karnataka are likely to receive isolated to scattered rainfall.
Tamil Nadu is set to see widespread rain over the next couple of days as Cyclone Senyar, which developed over the Strait of Malacca early on Wednesday, 26 November, influences weather across the region.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the system, which intensified from a deep depression, is expected to hold its strength for about 24 hours before beginning to weaken.
According to the IMD’s morning update, the storm was centred near latitude 5.0°N and longitude 98.0°E around 5.30 a.m. It lay over the Strait of Malacca and adjoining northeast Indonesia.
The system was around 100 km east of Kuta Makmur in Indonesia, 260 km west-southwest of George Town in Malaysia, 600 km east-southeast of Nancowry, and 740 km southeast of Car Nicobar in the Nicobar Islands.
The IMD said Senyar had been moving westwards at nearly 10 kmph over the past six hours before it intensified into a cyclonic storm. It is expected to cross the Indonesia coast by forenoon on November 26 and then shift west-south westwards initially, before curving eastwards over the next 48 hours.
Meanwhile, another system in the southwest Bay of Bengal has evolved into a well-marked low-pressure area. It currently lies over the southwest Bay, adjoining southeast Sri Lanka and the Equatorial Indian Ocean.
This system is forecast to move north-northwestwards and intensify into a depression within 24 hours.
With both systems in play, the IMD has forecast fairly widespread to widespread rainfall across North Tamil Nadu, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Coastal Karnataka and South Interior Karnataka are likely to receive isolated to scattered rainfall.
