CHENNAI: The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) on Wednesday issued a yellow alert for heavy rains for fifteen districts of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Karaikal from June 6 to June 11, due to the upper atmospheric circulation that is prevailing over the southern regions.

Heavy rain is likely to occur today at isolated places over ghat areas of Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Dindigul, Theni, the Nilgiris, Tirupattur, Vellore, Ranipet, Kancheepuram, Tiruvannamalai, Chengalpattu, Villuppuram, Cuddalore, Kallakurichi, Mayiladuthurai districts and Puducherry.

There is also a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder, lightning, and strong winds ranging from 30 kmph to 40 kmph today in parts of Puducherry, Karaikal, the Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Tirupur, Theni, hill areas of Dindigul, Tirupattur, Vellore, Ranipet, Tiruvannamalai, Tiruvallur, and Kancheepuram, the RMC stated.

Meanwhile, the weather department has also forecast the possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder, lightning, and strong winds (ranging from 30 kmph to 40 kmph) in some parts of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Karaikal on June 6. Additionally, heavy rain is expected in a few places in the hilly areas of Coimbatore, Tirupur, Theni, Dindigul, the Nilgiris, Erode, Krishnagiri, Tirupattur, Dharmapuri, Salem, Namakkal, Karur, and Trichy tomorrow.

Additionally, the weather department has said that light to moderate rain accompanied by occasional gusts of wind (ranging from 30 to 40 kilometers per hour) is expected in some parts of Tamil Nadu, including the interior and coastal regions, between June 7 and 11.

On the other hand, Chennai and its suburbs will remain partly cloudy for the next 48 hours with light to moderate rain accompanied by thunder and lightning likely over a few parts of the city. The maximum temperature in Chennai could reach around 36-37 degrees Celsius, while the minimum temperature could drop to 26-27 degrees Celsius, the RMC stated.