Tamil Nadu to get very heavy rainfall in next 24 hours

Thunderstorm, accompanied with lightning and gusty winds, is very likely to occur at isolated places over Tamil Nadu and Kerala during next 24 hours, IMD said.
Image used for representational purpose only. (File photo | EPS)
Image used for representational purpose only. (File photo | EPS)

PUNE: The Northeast Monsoon rainfall is very likely to commence over south-east Peninsular India during next 48 hours, predicted the Indian Meteorological Department in a bulletin here today.

Thunderstorm, accompanied by lightning and gusty winds, is very likely to occur at isolated places over Tamil Nadu and Kerala during next 24 hours, it said.

Thunderstorm, accompanied with lightning, is very likely at isolated sections of south-east Vidarbha during the period.

Rain or thundershowers had occurred at many quarters in Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep during past 24 hours.

They had also occurred at isolated patches in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Sub-Himalayan and Gangetic West Bengal, Sikkim, Odisha, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Rayalaseema, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, north interior Karnataka and Kerala during the period.

Dry weather prevailed over Assam, Meghalaya, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Konkan, Goa, coastal Andhra Pradesh and coastal & south interior Karnataka during the period.

Day temperatures were appreciably to markedly above normal in some parts of Vidarbha during the period.

They were appreciably above par in some zones of Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha, west Rajasthan, Gujarat Region, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Rayalaseema and interior Karnataka as well in remaining sites of Vidarbha during the period.

They were above normal in some locales of Assam, Meghalaya, Jharkhand, east Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Konkan, Goa, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala as well in remaining nooks of Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha and Gujarat during the period.

They were normal over the rest of the regions.

The highest maximum temperature of 38.8 degree Celsius was recorded at Barmer (west Rajasthan).

Night temperatures were appreciable to markedly below normal in some chunks of east Uttar Pradesh and west Madhya Pradesh.

They were appreciably below normal in some areas of Bihar, west Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, east Madhya Pradesh, Saurashtra, Kutch and Tamil Nadu.

They were below par in some sectors of Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Vidarbha, Rayalaseema and south interior Karnataka as well in remaining belts of east Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

Night temperatures were appreciably above normal in some portions of Telangana and in remaining niches of Rajasthan.

They were above normal in some locations of Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and north interior Karnataka as well in remaining pockets of Telangana.

They were normal over the rest of the regions.

The lowest minimum temperature of 11.0 degree C was recorded at Alwar (east Rajasthan).

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