Due to the deep depression prevailing over the central Bay of Bengal, rain is likely in 5 districts including Chennai today (Sept. 23), the Chennai Meteorological Centre has said.
In this regard, the Chennai Meteorological Centre stated in a release:
Yesterday (Sept. 22), the low-pressure area that prevailed over the central-west and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestward, intensified, and persisted as a deep depression over the same region.
It is moving westward and as of today (Sept. 23) at 8:30 a.m. it remains over the same areas. It may continue moving west-northwestward and cross the north Andhra–south Odisha coastal areas tonight between Visakhapatnam and Gopalpur, near Kalingapatnam.
A trough extends from the center of the deep depression up to about 7.6 km in height, through the central Bay of Bengal and the northern Andaman Sea regions to the Gulf of Thailand.
As a result, today (Sept. 23), moderate rain accompanied by thunder, lightning, and strong winds (at speeds of 30 to 40 km per hour) may occur at one or two places in the Western Ghats districts.
In Chennai, Kanchipuram, Chengalpattu, Tiruvallur, and Ranipet districts, light to moderate rain accompanied by thunder, lightning, and strong winds (at speeds of 30 to 40 km per hour) may occur at one or two places. In the rest of Tamil Nadu, as well as in Puducherry and Karaikal, light rain accompanied by thunder and lightning may occur at one or two places.
Tomorrow (Sept. 24), light to moderate rain accompanied by thunder and lightning and strong winds (at speeds of 30 to 40 km per hour) may occur at one or two places in the Western Ghats districts and in Chennai, Kanchipuram, Chengalpattu, Tiruvallur, and Ranipet districts.
The Chennai Meteorological Department has stated in a release that light rain accompanied by thunder and lightning may occur at one or two places in the rest of Tamil Nadu, as well as in Puducherry and Karaikal.
