Heavy rain likely to continue in Canara coast
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| Pic: IMD |
Mangaluru: The coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada Udupi and Uttara Kannada are likely to experience a heavy downpour on Wednesday. The satellite image shows thick cloud over the region. The IMD has issued orange alert.
The coastal districts, especially Uttara Kannada has been experiencing heavy rain since last few days.
Canara Coast weather forecast for next two days:
June 17 (10 am) to June 18 (8.30 am): Moderate to Heavy rainfall very likely at most places. Warning: Very heavy rainfall/Thundershowers at isolated places (Orange alert).
June 18 (10 am) to June 19 (8.30 am): Moderate to Heavy rainfall very likely at many places. Warning: Heavy rain at isolated places (Yellow alert).
Warning for fishermen:
Weather warning for fishermen for the Karnataka coast(for the next 24 hours valid from midnight of 16 June).
Squally weather with wind speed occasionally reaching 45-55 km is likely to prevail along and off Karnataka coast.
High waves in the range of 3.0 – 3.2 meters are forecasted during 5:30 pm hours on June 16 to 11:30 pm of June 17 along the coast of Kerala from Pozhiyoor to Kasargod.
Surface Current speeds vary between 42 – 60 cm/sec.
