Weather department has forecasted increased rainfall in the next two-three days
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Chennai: The weather department has forecast increased rainfall over Tamil Nadu in the next two-three days. Attributing the likely rainfall to a low pressure system hovering over the southeast Bay of Bengal and its neighbourhood at present, Mr S.R. Ramanan, director, Area Cyclone Warning Centre, Regional Meteorological Centre, said on Tuesday, “There is a possibility that there might be scattered rainfall in a few places in the state, including Chennai.”
Mr Ramanan noted that they were monitoring the low pressure system, which has a potential to become a well-marked low pressure area in the next 24 hours. “Since the direction of the winds is westerly and heading towards Tamil Nadu, the state is expected to receive some showers,” he added.Significantly, until Tuesday when there was a brief spell of rain recorded by the Meenambakkam observatory (0.6 mm), there has been no rainfall in the city for nearly a week.
Though the northeast monsoon season (October–December) started with a bang with Chennai alone, at one stage, recording rainfall well in excess of normal levels, the past few days have almost been dry. “The lack of rainfall during the past few days is due to much of the moisture-laden winds moving towards Andhra Pradesh, and thus Tamil Nadu was not the prime recipient of the rainfall,” the weather official said.
Till Tuesday, Chennai received 450. 4 mm rainfall in the NE monsoon season, a considerable increase over the expected 409 mm. Overall, the state has recorded 270.1 mm, a marginal rise over the 261.6 mm expected in the period.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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