30/11/2016: The deep depression over southeast Bay of Bengal moved northwestwards during past six hours with a speed about 25 kmph, intensified into a cyclonic storm “Nada” over southwest & adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal and lay centred at 0830 hrs IST of today, the 30th November, 2016 near Latitude 8.2oN and Longitude 85.3oE, about 770 km southeast of Chennai, 730 km eastsoutheast of Puducherry and 450 km east-southeast of Trincomalee (Srilanka). The system is very likely to move west-northwestward, intensify further and cross north Tamil Nadu coast between Vedaranniyam and Puducherry, close to Cuddalore by early hours of 2nd December.