Bulbul leaves city warm, rain may return next week
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:9,11,2019
Tropical cyclone Bulbul moving towards West Bengal-Bangladesh has left Chennai warm and dry with daytime temperature peaking at a record 35.1°C. But all is not lost, as weathermen said monsoon rain might be back to Chennai by mid next week due to a low atmospheric pressure after the cyclone makes a landfall.
“We can expect some rainfall in the city from November 15 or 16 due to an easterly trough. Till then, the weather will be dry,” said N Puviarasan, director, Area Cyclone Warning Centre, IMD. Easterly trough is an elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure.
He said Bulbul might make landfall after weakening and was unlikely to influence the rainfall that might begin along the southeast coast including Chennai later next week.
IMD has forecast that the sky condition is likely to be partly cloudy. Maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 33°C and 26°C for the next 48 hours in the city.
As Cyclone Bulbul is gathering strength over the bay pulling away all northeasterly winds, the city has been witnessing a change in wind direction with north-northwesterly winds or dry land breeze blowing towards the east coast leading to warmer day.
On Friday, the Nungambakkam station recorded 35.1°C and Meenambakkam registered 34.7°C, 5.4°C and 4.8°C above normal. The city’s temperature has never touched 35°C in November in the last10 years. The maximum daytime temperature for this month was 34.7°C recorded on November 5, 2016.
Mahesh Palawat, chief meteorologist at Skymet Weather, said after the cyclone made a landfall, there would be a change in wind direction once again as southeast coast of India including Chennai would get back the northeasterly winds resulting in rainfall. “But it may be only scattered rainfall, not heavy rain,” he said.
Bulbul is expected to make a landfall near the West Bengal-Bangladesh coast after weakening into a severe cyclonic storm from very severe cyclonic storm.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:9,11,2019
Tropical cyclone Bulbul moving towards West Bengal-Bangladesh has left Chennai warm and dry with daytime temperature peaking at a record 35.1°C. But all is not lost, as weathermen said monsoon rain might be back to Chennai by mid next week due to a low atmospheric pressure after the cyclone makes a landfall.
“We can expect some rainfall in the city from November 15 or 16 due to an easterly trough. Till then, the weather will be dry,” said N Puviarasan, director, Area Cyclone Warning Centre, IMD. Easterly trough is an elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure.
He said Bulbul might make landfall after weakening and was unlikely to influence the rainfall that might begin along the southeast coast including Chennai later next week.
IMD has forecast that the sky condition is likely to be partly cloudy. Maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 33°C and 26°C for the next 48 hours in the city.
As Cyclone Bulbul is gathering strength over the bay pulling away all northeasterly winds, the city has been witnessing a change in wind direction with north-northwesterly winds or dry land breeze blowing towards the east coast leading to warmer day.
On Friday, the Nungambakkam station recorded 35.1°C and Meenambakkam registered 34.7°C, 5.4°C and 4.8°C above normal. The city’s temperature has never touched 35°C in November in the last10 years. The maximum daytime temperature for this month was 34.7°C recorded on November 5, 2016.
Mahesh Palawat, chief meteorologist at Skymet Weather, said after the cyclone made a landfall, there would be a change in wind direction once again as southeast coast of India including Chennai would get back the northeasterly winds resulting in rainfall. “But it may be only scattered rainfall, not heavy rain,” he said.
Bulbul is expected to make a landfall near the West Bengal-Bangladesh coast after weakening into a severe cyclonic storm from very severe cyclonic storm.
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