Heavy to very heavy rain prone to happen at remoted locations over many districts in Tamil Nadu
Heavy to very heavy rain prone to happen at remoted locations over many districts in Tamil Nadu
With the low strain space (LPA) shedding steam upon crossing to land, gentle to average rain with remoted thunderstorms and lightning is prone to happen at most locations in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal on Sunday. The rain is predicted to proceed on Monday as effectively.
S. Balachandran, Additional Director General of Meteorology, Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, instructed presspersons on Saturday that heavy to very heavy rain was prone to happen at remoted locations over Tiruvallur, Ranipet, Vellore, Tirupattur, Tiruvannamalai, Kancheepuram, Kallakurichi, the Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Tirupur, Dindigul and Theni districts.
Heavy rain was prone to lash remoted locations over Chennai, Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Salem, Namakkal, Erode, Karur, Tiruchi, Madurai, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam and Mayiladuthurai districts in Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry and Karaikal.
Heavy rain can also be prone to happen at remoted locations over the Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Dindigul, Theni, Madurai, Virudhunagar, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli and Kanniyakumari districts in Tamil Nadu.
Mr. Balachandran stated that the Sirkali station had recorded 44 cm through the 24 hours ending 8.30 a.m. on Saturday, the best within the final 122 years. The final time Sirkali recorded excessive rainfall was in 2017 on October 31. It registered 33 cm. During the identical interval, six locations recorded excessive rainfall, above 20cm, 16 locations recorded very heavy rainfall, above 12 cm, and 108 locations recorded heavy rainfall. “This shows how a slow moving system can bring rain over such a vast area. In one day, the State became +12% in rainfall. From November 1 till now, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry usually register 26 cm [rainfall] but now the figure stands at 29 cm. Similarly, Chennai, which records 47 cm has registered 57 cm, which is +27%.”
The LPA, which was over the Southwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas of northeast Sri Lanka, now lies over north coastal Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and the neighbouring areas. The related cyclonic circulation extends as much as mid-tropospheric ranges. It may be very prone to transfer west-northwestwards throughout north inside Tamil Nadu and Kerala and, emerge within the southeast and the adjoining eastcentral Arabian Sea as an LPA/higher air circulation on Sunday.
Source: www.thehindu.com
