On Monday evening, thunderstorms areas such as including T Nagar, Mylapore, K K Nagar and Guindy, and suburban areas such as Alandur inundated with ankle-deep water after 15 to 20 minutes of intense rain
On Monday evening, thunderstorms areas such as including T Nagar, Mylapore, K K Nagar and Guindy, and suburban areas such as Alandur inundated with ankle-deep water after 15 to 20 minutes of intense rain. Earlier in the day, cloudy skies brought max temperature down to 33.3°C in Nungambakkam and 32.7°C in Meenambakkam, 1.2°C and 1.9°C below normal. The weekend rain pushed Chennai’s rainfall since June 1 to 28cm, around 1% above normal. But, Tiruvallur, which houses the city’s drinking-water reservoirs, remains 25% below normal at 21cm, while Kancheepuram is 33% below normal at 19cm and Chengelpet 65% below normal at 9cm.
V R Durai, director, area cyclone warning centre, IMD said the rain was being triggered by wind convergence, where winds from different directions meet and force moist air to rise, leading to convection and thunderstorms. The next round of rainfall may in the first week of Sept,” he said. A weather system over Odisha has been creating favourable conditions for this convergence, while a feeble trough along and off the Tamil Nadu coast in the lower tropospheric levels has been supporting rain activity. “From Wednesday, we can expect the intensity to drop to light rain spells, as monsoon revives over central India. Sunday rainfall left the highest of 5cm each in the rain gauges in Anna Nagar West, Perambur Corporation Park, Korattur, Basin Bridge, Kasimedu and CD Hospital, Tondiarpet. In Tiruvallur, Poonamallee recorded 5cm, while Kundrathur in Kancheepuram and Kolapakkam in Chengelpet recorded 3cm each. You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Chennai | Silver Rate in Chennai | Bank Holidays in Chennai | Public Holidays in Chennai | Chennai AQI | Weather in Chennai | Petrol Price in Chennai | Diesel Price in Chennai | CNG Price in Chennai | LPG Price in Chennai
Chennai: Pedestrians and motorists waded through waterlogged streets across Chennai on Monday evening after eastward-moving storms brought moderate intensity rainfall and thunderstorms for the second consecutive day. IMD has forecast another spell of moderate rain in city and suburbs on Tuesday, but said intensity may reduce from Wednesday.