Heavy rain likely in Delta, interior districts of TN for 2 days: Met

CHENNAI: Heavy rain lashed several places in Tamil Nadu on Monday due to the wind discontinuity over the sea. The rain is likely to continue over the Delta and interior districts for the next two days, the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) said on Tuesday. In addition, a low-pressure area is likely to form over the southeast Bay of Bengal on May 7.

Dr S Balachandran, Deputy Director-General of Meteorology of RMC said, “The wind discontinuity runs from southwest Madhya Pradesh to south Tamil Nadu across Marathwada and Interior Karnataka at 0.9 km above mean sea-level. And moisture convergence increases, several districts of Tamil Nadu experienced intense spell.”

“The heavy rain is likely to continue over the Nilgiris, Erode, Coimbatore, Tirupur, Dindigul, Theni, Tenkasi, Pudukkottai, Tiruchy, Karur, Namakkal, Salem, Kallakurichi, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Ariyalur, Perambalur, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur and Thanjavur districts of Tamil Nadu for the next two days. And light to moderate rain is expected to occur over isolated places of the State,” he added.

Chennai and suburbs are likely to get light to moderate rain along with thunderstorm activity in some areas for the next two days. The maximum and minimum temperatures will reduce and record around 33 degree Celsius and 26 degrees Celsius respectively.

The centre issued a warning for fishermen not to venture into the sea on May 3rd, as squally weather with wind speed reaching 40 kmph -45 kmph gusting to 55 kmph is likely to prevail over the Tamil Nadu Coast, Gulf of Mannar and Comorin area.

“An atmospheric upper air circulation to prevail over the southeast Bay of Bengal on May 6, following that a low-pressure area is likely to form over the same region on May 7 or May 8. The system will be monitored around the clock, and based on the move rain will be predicted for the state,” said Balachandran.

After 60 places and 13 places received heavy and heavy to very heavy rainfall respectively in the last 24 hours, Cuddalore district recorded the highest amount of rainfall of 19 cm. Followed by Salem 17 cm, Thanjavur 15 cm, Virudhunagar 14 cm, Namakkal and Tiruchy 13 cm each.