Monsoon active again, city to get rain until Wednesday

TNN | Nov 11, 2017, 23:56 IST

Chennai: The northeast monsoon is once again active and is expected to bring rain to the city until Wednesday. The met office has predicted about 2cm-6cm of rain on Sunday.

Weather blogger Pradeep John said, "This will be the second spell of the northeast monsoon. Usually one spell brings rainfall for only 3-4 days, but the first spell had brought rainfall for nine days." Rainfall will be concentrated in the coastal districts, particularly in the stretch connecting Chennai and Nagapattinam.

The city will get intermittent showers on Sunday, said area cyclone warning centre director S Balachandran. Most parts of north coastal TN and some parts of south coastal TN will get rainfall on Sunday. Isolated rainfall will occur in the interior districts.

Some spells will bring heavy (7-11cm) or very heavy rainfall (12-20cm) in Chennai, Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur, said Pradeep John.

According to an IMD bulletin, a fresh low pressure area is likely to form over southeast Bay of Bengal around Tuesday.

Since October, Tamil Nadu has received 25cm, against the normal of 26cm. Chennai however has recorded excess rainfall, receiving 68cm against the normal of 41cm.

The combined level of the four drinking water reservoirs at Chembarambakkam, Poondi, Redhills and Cholavaram is currently 37% of the total capacity.

The met office has forecast a maximum and minimum temperature of 29°C and 24°C on Sunday.