Diwali rain may skip Chennai today: Independent weathermen
TNN | Nov 6, 2018, 12.05 AM IST
CHENNAI: The customary Diwali showers may skip Chennai this time.
While independent weather experts forecast dry weather across the city on Tuesday, the Met department has predicted light rain in some areas of the city and heavy rainfall in the southern districts.
Private weather bloggers, who have often been accurate, said the city may witness only cloudy skies, while there may be scattered rainfall in the southern districts. According to IMD’s regional weather inference, a low pressure area is likely to develop over southwest Bay of Bengal off Sri Lanka and adjoining equatorial Indian Ocean in the next 24 hours. This system may be the outcome of a trough or an extended region of low atmospheric pressure and an associated cyclonic circulation or swirling winds caused by a low pressure area. Between November 6 and 8, the low pressure is likely to move west-northwestwards across Sri Lanka-Comorin area.
As a result, it may bring rainfall to southern districts. IMD has forecast heavy rain at isolated places over Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on Diwali day and heavy to very heavy rain on Wednesday and Thursday. Skymet Weather, however, has predicted light to moderate rainfall for the next two to three days in southern districts, as the low pressure expected to develop may not intensify. “It will be generally cloudy in the city. Districts may get scattered rains because the system is not strong,” said Mahesh Palawat, chief meteorologist, Skymet Weather. Weather blogger Pradeep John said districts including Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari may experience spells of rain starting from Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.
Last year, on November 6, the state received widespread heavy to very heavy rainfall. Chennai recorded the maximum rain at 30cm in 24 hours, by the end of November 3, 8.30am, as widespread rainfall was recorded through the first week of November 2017.
TNN | Nov 6, 2018, 12.05 AM IST
CHENNAI: The customary Diwali showers may skip Chennai this time.
While independent weather experts forecast dry weather across the city on Tuesday, the Met department has predicted light rain in some areas of the city and heavy rainfall in the southern districts.
Private weather bloggers, who have often been accurate, said the city may witness only cloudy skies, while there may be scattered rainfall in the southern districts. According to IMD’s regional weather inference, a low pressure area is likely to develop over southwest Bay of Bengal off Sri Lanka and adjoining equatorial Indian Ocean in the next 24 hours. This system may be the outcome of a trough or an extended region of low atmospheric pressure and an associated cyclonic circulation or swirling winds caused by a low pressure area. Between November 6 and 8, the low pressure is likely to move west-northwestwards across Sri Lanka-Comorin area.
As a result, it may bring rainfall to southern districts. IMD has forecast heavy rain at isolated places over Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on Diwali day and heavy to very heavy rain on Wednesday and Thursday. Skymet Weather, however, has predicted light to moderate rainfall for the next two to three days in southern districts, as the low pressure expected to develop may not intensify. “It will be generally cloudy in the city. Districts may get scattered rains because the system is not strong,” said Mahesh Palawat, chief meteorologist, Skymet Weather. Weather blogger Pradeep John said districts including Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari may experience spells of rain starting from Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.
Last year, on November 6, the state received widespread heavy to very heavy rainfall. Chennai recorded the maximum rain at 30cm in 24 hours, by the end of November 3, 8.30am, as widespread rainfall was recorded through the first week of November 2017.
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