IMD: City likely to get light rain in next 48 hours

IMD: City likely to get light rain in next 48 hours

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:11.06.2020

After cloudy skies brought from some relief from the sweltering summer heat on Wednesday, weathermen said the city has chances of rainfall or the first thunderstorm of the season in the next two days, while clouds continue to engulf the skies as a low pressure over Bay of Bengal is gathering strength. Temperatures will rise again by weekend, as the system will intensify and move into the land.

IMD has forecast, “The sky condition likely to be generally cloudy. Light to moderate rain is likely to occur in some areas in the city in the next 48 hours.”

On Wednesday, the city was mostly cloudy with temperatures at 34.1°C in Nungambakkam and 34.4°C in Meenambakkam, which were 2.6°C and 2.9°C below normal. Humidity too was at 60% in Nungambakkam and 62% at Meenambakkam.

Weather bloggers said the skies were overcast on Wednesday with mostly high clouds which were at an altitude of 20,000 feet. These clouds mostly bring traces or light rainfall. Cloudy skies could continue while as the low pressure gathers intensity over Bay of Bengal, which could take another 48 hours. According to IMD’s regional inference, a low pressure over eastcentral and adjoining west central Bay of Bengal persists with associated cyclonic circulation extending up to mid-tropospheric level tilting southwestwards with height. It may move westnorthwestwards and become well marked during the next 48 hours “The wind convergence, which could bring rain, was happening over the sea. What we had was high clouds. The city will see an overcast sky on Thursday as well,” said weather blogger Pradeep John.

As southwest monsoon is progressing to other regions in the country, the system over Bay of Bengal may bring spells over the west coast due to the drag it creates over the next few days before it intensifies and moves towards central India. On Wednesday, some parts of west Tamil Nadu like Coimbatore recorded light rainfall at 0.2mm and coastal areas like Karaikal 25.3mm and Nagapattinam at 16.4mm. IMD has forecast light to moderate rain likely over isolated places of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal till June 14.