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Rainfall enactment returned to parts of Tamil Nadu connected Friday (January 23, 2026) nether the power of a trough successful the easterlies. The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) issued a yellowish upwind alert for northbound coastal and adjoining districts of the State connected Saturday (January 24), indicating a anticipation of isolated dense rainfall.
The coastal agelong betwixt Tiruvallur and Cuddalore whitethorn person dense rainfall connected Saturday. Parts of 7 districts, including Chennai, Tiruvannamalai, and Villupuram, are apt to person dense rainfall up to 11.5 cm. The RMC withdrew its earlier forecast of dense rainfall successful a fewer interior districts expected connected Sunday owing to changes successful the upwind pattern.
Coastal places similar Chennai received airy rainfall connected Friday. The bedewed spell and cloudy skies would supply a little interruption from the nippy upwind implicit immoderate parts of the State. Namakkal and Tirupattur recorded the coldest somesthesia of 15.6 grade Celsius among the upwind stations successful the plains of Tamil Nadu connected Friday morning. Among the hilly areas, Kodaikanal and Udhagamandalam registered the coldest somesthesia of 5.4 grade Celsius.
According to the RMC, rainfall that would initially hap successful isolated places implicit coastal areas connected Friday whitethorn screen areas successful the interior parts during the weekend. Officials of the RMC said the bedewed upwind conditions would past until January 26, bringing airy to mean rainfall to assorted parts of the State. Dry upwind is expected to instrumentality implicit the State by January 27.
V.R. Durai, Director, Area Cyclone Warning Centre, RMC, said an easterly question – an east-west moving upwind disturbance – is moving crossed the State and is expected to bring rainfall. The RMC revised its rainfall forecast for Sunday successful presumption of the fast-moving system.
“Easterly question typically influences upwind implicit the State during Northeast monsoon until December. However, with the monsoon progressively spilling implicit to January successful caller years, specified upwind systems are present being observed successful January arsenic well,” helium said.
