Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Chennai may get light rain for two days

Chennai may get light rain for two days

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:08.12.2020

After two storms and the second highest rainfall recorded at the Nungambakkam weather station since 2015, the city’s weather may still not be calm. It rained on Monday night in some areas and weathermen have forecast light spells of rain for at least the next 48 hours.

Private forecasters and bloggerssaidthestate may see a break in monsoon for about eightdaysstarting from December 9.

On Monday, IMD said the low pressure area over the Gulf of Mannar, which has weakened in stages from Cyclone Burevi, has become less marked. “However, the associated cyclonic circulation persists over the same area and now extends up to 3.1km above mean sea level,” said IMD’s bulletin.

For the next 48 hours, the agency has forecast light rain in some areasof thecity with partly cloudy skies. Maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 30o C and 24 o C. As for the rest of the state, the agency has forecast light to moderate rain to occur at a few places for the next two days.

As of Monday, Nungambakkam had recorded 1003.7mm since October 1, which is 249.7mm excess for the season so far. The previous highest was in 2015 when the city weather station registered around 1663mm that resulted in floods. Meenambakkam has so far recorded 896.3mm since October 1 which is 211mm in excess. Other locations which recorded high rainfall includes DGP office with 1451.5mm, Red Hills 986.2mm, Tambaram 905.9mm, Chembarambakkam 706.5mm, Mahabalipuram 955.4mm and Kelambakkam 787.8mm.

As of Monday 8.30am, Nungambakkam recorded 3.8mm and Meenambakkam 7.7mm. Weathermen said the city has been receiving some morning spells and while the rest of the day is relatively dry due to the incoming easterly winds converging closer to the coast during the day and moving to interior regions later in the day. “This is likely to continue for the next two days,” an official said.

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