Low-pressure area likely over southeast Bay of Bengal by October 21: RMC

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Light to mean   rainfall  has been forecast astatine  galore  places, with thunderstorm and lightning astatine  1  oregon  2  places successful  Tamil Nadu connected  Monday.

Light to mean rainfall has been forecast astatine galore places, with thunderstorm and lightning astatine 1 oregon 2 places successful Tamil Nadu connected Monday. | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj

The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) present connected Sunday announced that a low-pressure country is apt to signifier implicit southeast Bay of Bengal astir October 21. 

It is apt to determination west-northwestwards and intensify further into a slump implicit cardinal parts of southbound Bay of Bengal and adjoining westcentral Bay of Bengal during the consequent 48 hours. Under its influence, enhanced rainfall enactment is apt implicit northbound Tamil Nadu and Puducherry betwixt October 22 and 24.

B. Amudha, Head (additional in-charge), RMC connected Sunday said that 4 upwind systems on with a vigorous northeast monsoon were bringing wide rainfall implicit the State and Puducherry.

With squally upwind apt to prevail on and disconnected southbound Tamil Nadu coast, implicit Gulf of Mannar, and Comorin country with upwind speeds reaching 35 kmph to 45 kmph gusting to 55 kmph till Tuesday, fishermen person been advised not to task into these areas. Those who are astatine oversea should instrumentality by October 21, she added.

For Monday, airy to mean rainfall has been forecast astatine galore places with thunderstorm and lightning astatine 1 oregon 2 places successful Tamil Nadu. Heavy rainfall is apt astatine isolated places implicit Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Erode, Dindigul, Theni, Madurai, Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Sivaganga, Pudukkottai, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Cuddalore, Villupuram, and Chengalpattu districts and Puducherry and Karaikal area.  

Published - October 19, 2025 10:05 p.m. IST

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