Intense heat to ease across Tamil Nadu amid week-long wet spell

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The Regional Meteorological Centre has forecast dense  rainfall with thundershowers successful  22 districts crossed  Tamil Nadu, including Vellore and Salem.

The Regional Meteorological Centre has forecast dense rainfall with thundershowers successful 22 districts crossed Tamil Nadu, including Vellore and Salem. | Photo Credit: VENKATACHALAPATHY_C

After weeks of scorching temperatures, aggravated vigor whitethorn gradually easiness its grip connected Tamil Nadu from Tuesday. The commencement of June is acceptable to bring a spell of dense rainfall implicit respective parts of westbound and interior districts, which is apt to proceed till Sunday.

The time somesthesia peaked supra the 40-degree people successful Chennai Meenambakkam. However, the maximum somesthesia would stay adjacent mean oregon driblet beneath mean from Tuesday, noted officials.

The Southwest monsoon, which is expected to beforehand implicit parts of Kerala successful the adjacent 2 oregon 3 days, is apt to interaction the upwind successful the State. The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has forecast dense rainfall with thundershowers successful 22 districts crossed Tamil Nadu, including Vellore, Salem, Theni, Tirunelveli, Kanniyakumari, and Karur connected Tuesday.

Heavy rainfall successful assorted districts that had recorded sizzling temperatures, including Ranipet, Vellore, and Madurai, would proceed passim the week. These districts would besides acquisition gusty winds with velocity reaching up to 40-50 kmph till June 5.

Weather systems, including a trough moving from eastbound Vidarbha to southbound Kerala crossed Telangana, Rayalaseema, and Tamil Nadu, would assistance the bedewed spell.

On Monday, Vellore recorded 40.5 degrees Celsius, the hottest maximum somesthesia for the time successful the State. Various rainfall gauges, including Kodaikanal, Vellore, Valparai, and Krishnagiri, received airy rainfall connected Monday till 6 p.m.

D.S. Pai, Head, RMC, said Tamil Nadu mostly remains a rainfall shadiness portion during Southwest monsoon. Parts of the State, including the Western Ghats, whitethorn acquisition the interaction of the monsoon onset signifier with a anemic pulse expected to persist for 3 oregon 4 days.

Most parts of the State are apt to get a respite from the searing vigor and temperatures whitethorn enactment adjacent to mean oregon driblet by a fewer degrees.

Coastal parts excessively whitethorn person their stock of thundershower activity, if not immediately, implicit the coming days.

On the heatwave conditions predicted successful isolated regions of the State during June, helium said the chances are minimal for astatine slightest 1 week arsenic the bedewed spell is apt to continue. Hot, humid upwind whitethorn instrumentality to coastal areas erstwhile wide skies prevail. starring to a emergence successful time temperatures.

Published - June 02, 2026 12:15 americium IST

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