Ghat regions of Tamil Nadu witness heavy rain

Parts of Tamil Nadu gained heavy rainfall throughout the 24 several hours ending on Saturday early morning with Kothagiri topping the chart with nine cm and Coonoor recording 7 cm, when areas of Coastal and South Inside Karnataka and Kerala recorded mild to reasonable rainfall.

An India Meteorological Division (IMD) claimed the other primary centres getting rainfall (in cm) were being Ongole-six Arogyavaram -5 Amarapuram, Kiravati, Thalassery, Mandanapalle and Udyagiri-4 each individual Chamarajanagar and Kolar-three each individual Bapatla-two Mysore and Cuddapah -1 each individual.

Two troughs at operate

A lot of areas over Rayalaseema and Lakshadweep and a couple of areas over Coastal Karnataka, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Yanam, Telangana, Kerala, Mahe, North Inside Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal also observed occasional showers as section of the ongoing bout of unseasonal February showers. Parts of East India, North-East India, West and Peninsular India as well witnessed occasional thunderstorms.

The IMD attributed the unstable weather to a couple of troughs – 1 carved into the westerly winds and operating down from North-East Bihar to South-East Arabian Sea throughout Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Rayalaseema, South Inside Karnataka and North Kerala when the other nestled in the easterly winds over West-Central Bay of Bengal from North Tamil Nadu Coast to South Odisha coastline.

They will continue to cause mild to reasonable rainfall over areas of Andhra Pradesh, Yanam, Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal, Kerala and Mahe for three a lot more times. Isolated thunderstorms and lightning are likely over Andhra Pradesh, Yanam, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal, Kerala and Mahe throughout subsequent two times and over Lakshadweep region until Sunday.

European agency outlook

A European Centre for Medium-Vary Climate Forecasts outlook legitimate until Sunday claimed that there are even now pockets with thunderstorm threat over East-Central India together a slim corridor from Rourkela, Turumunga, Sambalpur, Rengali, Bolangir, Jeypore, Kirandul, Warangal, Khammam and Nizamabad throughout Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.  

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

 

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