Some districts in north Tamil Nadu to obtain heavy rain at the moment

After a scorching day, many locations within the State skilled rainfall in the direction of the night on Thursday, catching individuals off guard. Places reminiscent of Maraimalai Nagar, Kattankulathur, Red Hills, and localities alongside Old Mahabalipuram Road and East Coast Road witnessed heavy rain.

For Friday, the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has forecast the chance of sunshine to average rain at a couple of locations with thunderstorm and lightning in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal. These might be accompanied by gusty winds of velocity reaching 30-40 kmph in a single or two locations. Heavy rain is prone to happen at remoted locations over Tiruvallur, Ranipet, Tiruvannamalai, Vellore, and Kancheepuram districts.

On Saturday, mild to average rain is prone to happen at a couple of locations over north Tamil Nadu, some locations in southern components of the State, and over Puducherry and Karaikal, accompanied by thunderstorm and lightning with gusty winds velocity reaching 30-40 kmph in a single or two locations.

On Sunday, heavy rain is prone to happen at remoted locations over the Nilgiris and Erode districts.

Widespread rain

According to information supplied by the RMC right here, observatories at Coonoor within the Nilgiris recorded 26 mm, Thanjavur 18 mm, Tiruttani 18 mm, Valparai 11.6 mm, Erode 6 mm, and Kodaikanal 1 mm from 8.30 a.m. to five.30 p.m. on Thursday.

Weather stations on the Tirupattur Collectorate workplace recoded 40.5 mm, Kalavai in Ranipet 40 mm, Jaya Engineering College in Tiruvallur 37.5mm, Meenambakkam ISRO 29.7 mm, Ranipet 25 mm, Coonoor 24.5 mm, Ennore Port 22 mm, Hosur 19 mm, Karaikal 16.5 mm, Tiruttani ISRO 16 mm, Chennai 15.5 mm, Upasi Tea Research Foundation in Coimbatore 13 mm, and VIT Chennai 7.5 mm. The Sandhiyur KVK station in Salem recorded 31.5 mm and Virinjipuram KVK in Vellore recorded 29 mm throughout the identical interval. Rain gauges at ACS Medical College in Kancheepuram recorded 52.5 mm, Chembarambakkam 49.5 mm, LMOIS Kolapakkam 38 mm, Poonamallee 38 mm, Thuraiyur in Tiruchi 34.5 mm, Puzhal in Tiruvallur district 24.5 mm, Good Will School in Villivakkam of Tiruvallur 15 mm, Anna University 14.5 mm, West Tambaram 13.5 mm, Hindustan University 9 mm, and YMCA Nandanam 8 mm.

With the Southwest monsoon being energetic over the State, rainfall occurred at many locations in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal within the 24 hours ending 8.30 a.m. on Thursday. There was a fall in most temperature by 1 diploma to 4 levels Celsius in lots of pockets throughout the identical interval.