The very severe cyclonic storm, VARDAH over west central and adjoining south Bay of Bengal moved further westwards during past 06 hrs with a speed of 11 kmph and lay centred at 0530 hrs IST of today, the 11 th December, 2016 over west central and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal near Latitude 13.3ºN and Longitude 84.7ºE, about 520 km east-southeast of Nellore, 490 km eastsoutheast of Machilipatnam and 480 km east-northeast of Chennai. The system is very likely to move nearly west-southwestwards and maintain its intensity upto the evening of today, the 11th December 2016. Thereafter, it is likely to weaken gradually while moving towards south Andhra Pradesh coast and adjoining north Tamilnadu coast. It is very likely to cross north Tamilnadu and south Andhra Pradesh coast, close to Chennai by 12th December 2016 afternoon.