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Scattered rainfall is apt crossed Tamil Nadu from January 7, prolonging the Northeast monsoon. Some confederate districts whitethorn person dense rainfall for 2 days.
The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has forecast rainfall implicit coastal areas starting Wednesday, which volition past dispersed to different regions connected Thursday. While airy to mean rainfall is apt to past successful a fewer places till January 11, confederate and delta districts are expected to person dense rainfall connected January 9 and 10.
Six districts, including Ramanathapuram and Mayiladuthurai, whitethorn acquisition dense rainfall connected Friday, and districts specified arsenic Cuddalore, Thanjavur, and Villupuram whitethorn grounds aggravated rainfall connected Saturday.
The monsoon has spilled implicit into January this year, too, similar galore different years previously. B. Amudha, Head (Additional in-charge), RMC, said that a low-pressure country has formed implicit the southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining eastbound Equatorial Indian Ocean connected Monday evening nether the power of the precocious aerial cyclonic circulation. The upwind strategy is apt to go much marked by Tuesday evening and power rainfall enactment implicit the State, peculiarly coastal and confederate districts.
“We volition show rainfall enactment implicit the portion earlier deciding connected the withdrawal of the monsoon. Sustained adust upwind conditions for a fewer consecutive days are among the cardinal criteria for declaring the withdrawal,” she said.
According to RMC data, the monsoon extended till January 27 past year, during which Oothu and Nalumukku of Tirunelveli received the highest monthly rainfall of 110 cm and 98 cm, respectively.
Tamil Nadu ended 2025 with an yearly rainfall of 102.7 cm, which is 12% higher than the State’s mean rainfall of 92 cm.
The RMC besides forecast that mist/haze volition prevail crossed the State and Puducherry during the aboriginal greeting hours, and minimum somesthesia volition driblet beneath mean by 2 oregon 3 degrees Celsius successful a fewer pockets till Wednesday.
