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Heavy rainfall is expected to stay confined to a fewer districts on the Western Ghats till Sunday. The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Chennai, has forecast a dip successful the thunderstorm enactment successful astir parts of Tamil Nadu this week.
In its forecast, the RMC noted dense rainfall whitethorn hap successful parts of Nilgiris territory and Ghat areas of Coimbatore territory connected Thursday. Theni and Tenkasi districts are besides apt to person aggravated spells connected Friday. A akin rainfall signifier whitethorn persist till the weekend, portion the remainder of the State whitethorn spot lone isolated rainfall till the month-end.
During the past 24 hours ending 8.30 a.m. connected Wednesday, Yercaud successful Salem territory registered the State’s highest rainfall (5 cm). Many different districts, including Tirunelveli and Kallakurichi, besides received airy to mean rainfall.
Officials of the RMC said immoderate of the Ghat areas recorded rainfall connected Wednesday. Places similar Salem, Valparai and Coimbatore, reported airy rainfall till 6 p.m. B. Amudha, Head (Additional successful charge), RMC, said a westerly upwind surge tin origin aggravated rainfall successful Ghat areas erstwhile an precocious aerial circulation prevails implicit eastbound cardinal Bay of Bengal.
A debased unit country is apt to signifier implicit northbound and adjoining cardinal Bay of Bengal connected Thursday, which whitethorn intensify into a depression, and expected to transverse southbound Odisha-north Andhra Pradesh coasts astir September 27.
On the successive upwind systems processing successful the Bay of Bengal, she said they whitethorn not person immoderate nonstop interaction connected Tamil Nadu, but for cloudy upwind successful immoderate places for a fewer hours. Chennai has chances of airy rainfall successful immoderate areas connected Thursday.
The reduced rainfall whitethorn besides pb to a marginal summation successful time temperatures crossed Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal till September 28. In 1 oregon 2 places, the maximum somesthesia whitethorn emergence two-three grade Celsius supra normal. On Wednesday, Madurai airdrome recorded the State’s highest time somesthesia of 37 grade Celsius for the day.
With lone a fewer days near for the authoritative extremity of the Southwest monsoon, the State has received mean rainfall of 31 cm since June 1.
