Ghat regions of Tamil Nadu witness heavy rain

Areas of Tamil Nadu been given significant rainfall during the 24 several hours ending on Saturday early morning with Kothagiri topping the chart with 9 cm and Coonoor recording 7 cm, although components of Coastal and South Inside Karnataka and Kerala recorded light to average rainfall.

An India Meteorological Department (IMD) mentioned the other main centres acquiring rainfall (in cm) were being Ongole-6 Arogyavaram -5 Amarapuram, Kiravati, Thalassery, Mandanapalle and Udyagiri-four every Chamarajanagar and Kolar-three every Bapatla-two Mysore and Cuddapah -one every.

Two troughs at work

Quite a few spots around Rayalaseema and Lakshadweep and a number of spots around Coastal Karnataka, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Yanam, Telangana, Kerala, Mahe, North Inside Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal also saw occasional showers as element of the ongoing bout of unseasonal February showers. Areas of East India, North-East India, West and Peninsular India much too witnessed occasional thunderstorms.

The IMD attributed the unstable weather to a couple of troughs – one carved into the westerly winds and working down from North-East Bihar to South-East Arabian Sea across Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Rayalaseema, South Inside Karnataka and North Kerala although the other nestled in the easterly winds around West-Central Bay of Bengal from North Tamil Nadu Coast to South Odisha coastline.

They will continue to set off light to average rainfall around components of Andhra Pradesh, Yanam, Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal, Kerala and Mahe for 3 a lot more days. Isolated thunderstorms and lightning are probably around Andhra Pradesh, Yanam, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal, Kerala and Mahe during following two days and around Lakshadweep place until eventually Sunday.

European agency outlook

A European Centre for Medium-Variety Temperature Forecasts outlook valid until eventually Sunday mentioned that there are even now pockets with thunderstorm risk around East-Central India along a slim corridor from Rourkela, Turumunga, Sambalpur, Rengali, Bolangir, Jeypore, Kirandul, Warangal, Khammam and Nizamabad across Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.  

The place of rigorous thunderstorm exercise extends from Kavali, Nellore, Tirupati, Chennai (significant), Bengaluru, Hindupur, Chikkamagaluru, Hunsur, Hanor, Coimbatore, Valparai (significant), Tiruvannamalai, Cuddalore, Muthupet, Tiruchirappalli, Thanjavur, Kaveripattinam, Karaikudi, Dindigul, Madurai, Kovilpatti, Thoothukudi, Palayankottai and Nagercoil across Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Inside Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu

 

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