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After a blistery Friday (May 22, 2026) successful Chennai, with Meenambakkam touching 40.8 grade Celsius and Nungambakkam signaling 39.8 grade Celsius, the metropolis woke up to a chill greeting connected Saturday (May 23), acknowledgment to the aboriginal onset of the moisture-bearing Easterlies.
According to V.R. Durai, Director, Regional Weather Forecasting Centre, though places specified arsenic Tiruttani, Ranipet, and Arani successful Tiruvannamalai experienced rainfall connected Friday, Chennai did not get immoderate owed to anemic easterly winds. The Northwesterly winds from Rayalaseema, which were bringing the heat, were stronger, blocking the Easterlies. “The vigor volition travel down this play owed to this,” helium said.
The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has besides issued a Nowcast bulletin valid till 1 p.m. for airy to mean rains implicit a fewer places successful Chennai, Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram, Ranipet, Tiruvallur, Tiruvannamalai, Vellore, and Villupuram districts of Tamil Nadu, arsenic good arsenic Puducherry.
It has besides forecast the likelihood of dense rainfall implicit isolated places – accompanied by thunderstorm, lightning, and gusty winds (with a velocity of 40-50 kmph) astatine 1 oregon 2 places – successful the Nilgiris, Erode, Salem, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Tirupattur, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Kallakurichi, and Namakkal districts implicit the adjacent 24 hours ending 8 a.m. connected Sunday (May 24).
During the aforesaid period, airy to mean rainfall – with thunderstorm and lightning implicit 1 oregon 2 places – is apt implicit a fewer places successful northbound Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and the Karaikal area. Light to mean rainfall is expected implicit isolated places successful southbound Tamil Nadu arsenic well..
On Sunday, dense rain, accompanied by thunderstorm, lightning, and gusty winds (with a velocity of 40-50 kmph) implicit 1 oregon 2 areas, is apt implicit isolated places successful the Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Erode, Tiruppur, Salem, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Tirupattur, Vellore, Ranipet, Tiruvannamalai, Kallakurichi, Perambalur, Tiruchi, Namakkal, Karur, Dindigul, Theni, and Madurai districts.
Light to mean rainfall astatine isolated places, accompanied by thunderstorm and lightning astatine 1 oregon 2 places, is apt to hap implicit Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and the Karaikal country connected Sunday.
