Heavy rain forecast in interior T.N.

Water released from Red Hills and Chembarambakkam reservoirs in view of the heavy rain in their catchment areas

The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Chennai, of the India Meteorological Department has forecast heavy rain at isolated places over interior parts of the State on Thursday. 

“The upper air circulation is moving westwards and taking the rain to the interiors. Heavy rain has been forecast for isolated places over Villupuram, Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, Thanjavur, Pudukkottai, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Sivaganga, Theni, Madurai, Virudhunagar and Tenkasi districts. The heavy rainfall belt will keep moving,” S. Balachandran, Additional Director of Meteorology, RMC, told The Hindu on Wednesday.

The forecast for the rest of the State is the likelihood of light to moderate showers in many places with thunderstorms and lighting in isolated areas.  

He said the quantum of rain over Chennai and surroundings would come down gradually. However, intermittent moderate showers would continue in some places in Chennai. 

It will be a generally cloudy sky with maximum and minimum temperature likely to be around 25-26 degree Celsius and 22-23 degree Celsius respectively, he said. 

Between 8.30 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. on Wednesday, the observatories at Nungambakkam recorded 2.2 mm of rain and Meenambakkam 5.4 mm of rain, Nandanam 8 mm, and Chembarambakkam 4.5 mm.

Puducherry recorded 2.3 cm, Vellore 1.4 cm, Cuddalore: 1.3 cm, Kanniyakumari 1.6 cm, Thanjavur 2.2 cm, Lower Kothaiyar in Kanniyakumari district 4.6 cm, Nagercoil 2.7 cm, Pechiparai 2.65 cm, and Thirupathisaram in Kanniyakumari 3.65 cm.