Chennai to receive heavy rainfall on Sunday, light to moderate rainfall forecast across TN in next few days
As per the bulletin issued by the weather department, light to moderate rain with thunderstorms and lightning is likely to occur in many places in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Karaikal from January 4 till January 10.
By: Express Web Desk
Chennai | Updated: January 5, 2024 08:10 IST
The weather department has issued a warning for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts on January 6 and January 7. (File photo)
The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Chennai has forecast light to moderate rainfall across Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Karaikal for the next few days with heavy rainfall in a few districts including Chennai.
As per the bulletin issued by the weather department, light to moderate rain with thunderstorms and lightning is likely to occur in many places in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Karaikal from January 4 till January 10.
The RMC noted that heavy rainfall is likely to occur at isolated places in Theni, Dindigul, and Nilgiris districts on Thursday and Friday.
On January 6, heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places in Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Virudhunagar, Pudukkottai, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, and Mayiladuthurai districts and Karaikal area.
The weather department had forecast heavy rainfall at isolated places in Cuddalore, Viluppuram, Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram, Chennai, Ranipet and Tiruvallur districts and Puducherry on January 7 (Sunday).
On January 8, heavy rainfall is likely to occur at isolated places in Tiruvallur.
The weather department has issued a warning for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts on January 6 and January 7, as squally weather with wind speed of 40-45 kmph, gusting up to 55 kmph, is likely to prevail along the Tamil Nadu coast, adjoining Gulf of Mannar and Comorin area. The fishermen have been asked not to venture into the sea during this period.
As per the bulletin issued on Friday morning at 6:45 am, For the next three hours, light rain is likely to occur over Chennai and other neighbouring districts including Chenglapattu, Kancheepuram Ranipet, Tiruvallur, Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Dindigul, Namakkal, Karur, Tiruchirapalli, Salem, Krishnagiri, Tirupattur, Sivagangai, Mayiladuthurai and Nagapattinam.
From 8:30 pm on Thursday till 5:30 am on Friday, Nungambakkam (Chennai) recorded the maximum rainfall of 18.6 mm followed by Coimbatore with 9 mm and Meenambakkam (Chennai) with 5.3 mm.
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