For the past few days, no rainfall was recorded in Chennai
Tamil Nadu would remain unaffected as the present direction of the wind is northerly and northwesterly. (Photo: DC/File)
Chennai: The met department’s prediction that rainfall activity will gradually subside during the course of the week has turned out to be right. For the past few days, no rainfall was recorded in Chennai.
Noting that the deep depression, initially feared to develop as a tropical cyclone, formed in south east Bay of Bengal, is becoming weak, S.B. Thampi, deputy director general, regional meteorological centre, said.
“Over the next few days, it will move and cross as a low pressure system by coastal Andhra Pradesh.” The met department is continuously monitoring it, he added.
He said that Tamil Nadu would remain unaffected as the present direction of the wind is northerly and northwesterly, while the state will only receive rain from the system if the winds blow in an easterly direction.
However, he added that there might be isolated instances of rain in the state for the next couple of days. Till Wednesday, the state recorded 267.6 mm rainfall, well in excess of the expected 220.3 mm.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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