Tamil Nadu Weather Alert: Chennai may receive heavy rains; IMD issues yellow & orange alerts in these districts

On Monday, November 25, dense rainfall and thunderstorms are apt successful respective parts of coastal Tamil Nadu owing to the probable effect of a cyclonic strategy arsenic the Bay of Bengal develops a caller upwind disturbance. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) reports that an upper-air cyclonic circulation has formed implicit the Equatorial Indian Ocean adjacent the Sumatra seashore and the neighbouring South Andaman Sea. 

The upwind section has predicted dense rainfall successful Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and its Karaikkal regions connected November 25, followed by precise dense rainfall connected November 26.

Chennai upwind forecast for adjacent week

November 23: Partly overcast, with airy rainfall successful immoderate areas. Temperatures volition scope from 25 degrees Celsius to 31 degrees Celsius.
November 24: Moderate rainfall successful definite regions, partially overcast sky, with temperatures ranging from 25 degrees Celsius to 31 degrees Celsius.
November 25: Thunderstorms and lightning are expected, with temperatures ranging from 25 to 31 degrees Celsius.
November 26: Moderate rainfall is expected with usually overcast entity and temperatures ranging from 24 to 29 degrees Celsius.
November 27: Expect an overcast entity and mean rain, with temperatures ranging from 24 to 29 degrees Celsius.

Yellow and orangish alerts successful Tamil Nadu

The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) issued an orangish alert for Tamil Nadu connected November 26 arsenic an upper-level cyclonic circulation is expected to signifier implicit the South Andaman Sea and its surrounding areas wrong the adjacent 24 hours.

The IMD has issued a yellowish alert for Kancheepuram, Chengalpet, and 2 different district.

Update connected rainfall: October 1 to November 15

It whitethorn beryllium noted that from October 1 to November 15, Tamil Nadu received 276 mm of rainfall during the Northeast Monsoon.

Coimbatore recorded the highest rainfall astatine 418 mm, which is 67 per cent supra normal.

While 17 districts, including Chennai, reported excess rainfall, others recorded deficits.

Rainfall Warning : 28th November 2024
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With the authorities receiving accordant rainfall since the onset of the monsoon connected October 17, astir 90 reservoirs crossed the authorities are implicit 60 per cent full.

Tamil Nadu's reservoirs presently clasp 143.804 tmcft (thousand cardinal cubic feet) of water, which is 64.11 per cent of their full capableness of 224.297 tmcft.

Heavy rains predicted successful Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh

Meanwhile, the IMD has predicted dense rainfall successful Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, and Himachal Pradesh from November 23 to November 25. 

Dense fog conditions precise apt to prevail successful isolated pockets of Himachal Pradesh during precocious nighttime of 23rd to aboriginal greeting of 26th November.#imdweatherupdate #visibilityalert #fogalert #densefog #verydensefog #HimachalPradesh@AAI_Official @DGCAIndia @RailMinIndia… pic.twitter.com/0dw5fLzbdA

— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) November 21, 2024

With bureau inputs