Burevi dissipates, but Chennai may get more rain today

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Burevi dissipates, but Chennai may get more rain today

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:05.12.2020

The city and its suburbs which have an excess of 37% rainfall so far this northeast monsoon season are likely to get more showers on Saturday from the rain bands of the system near Ramanathapuram.

On Friday evening, the system had weakened into a depression. Weathermen said the convective cloud bands scattered over the state after Cyclone Burevi weakened will bring rainfall to northern and western districts of Tamil Nadu on Saturday.

For the next 48 hours, the scattered cloud bands from the system are likely to bring thunderstorms with moderate rain and occasional heavy spells with generally overcast weather over the city and suburbs.

On Friday evening, Cyclone Burevi which had weakened into a deep depression further weakened into a depression at 5.30pm while staying at around 40km southwest of Ramanathapuram the whole of Friday. IMD officials said the system is likely to further weaken and move to south Kerala by Saturday evening. But the cloud bands from the storm, which moved over central and northern parts of the state due to land friction, bringing heavy spells on Thursday will continue to bring rain on Saturday too.

N Puviarasan, director, Area Cyclone Warning Centre, IMD said the system had remained stationary near Ramanathapuram district for many hours as it had weakened and did not have strong winds around it required to move it. Further, two anticyclones nearby also stalled the weather system. Anticyclones have winds circling in the counterclockwise direction (winds of a cyclone circle clockwise) around a high atmospheric pressure region can leave opposing winds stopping the system from moving further.

Weather blogger Pradeep John said, “After Saturday, the city may still get some spells due to easterlies till December

6. From December 8 to17, there may be a break from monsoon spells.”