The Chennai Meteorological Department has announced that heavy rain is likely in Tamil Nadu until November 11.
A trough of low pressure persists from the southeast Arabian Sea areas off the southern Kerala coast to the east-central Arabian Sea areas off the Karnataka coast.
As a result, today (Nov. 5), heavy rain accompanied by thunder, lightning, and strong winds (at speeds of 30 to 40 km per hour) may occur in the hilly areas of Coimbatore district and in one or two places in Nilgiris district.
Moderate rain accompanied by thunder, lightning, and strong winds (at speeds of 30 to 40 km per hour) may occur in many places in Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kanchipuram, Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Kallakurichi, Tiruchirappalli, Ariyalur, Perambalur, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Pudukkottai, Sivaganga, Ramanathapuram, Erode, Tiruppur, Dindigul, Madurai, Virudhunagar, Theni, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, and Kanniyakumari districts, as well as in Puducherry and Karaikal. In the rest of Tamil Nadu, light to moderate rain accompanied by thunder, lightning, and strong winds (at speeds of 30 to 40 km per hour) may occur in many places.
Nov. 6: Heavy rain accompanied by thunder and lightning and strong winds (at speeds of 30 to 40 km per hour) may occur in one or two places in the districts of Theni, Dindigul, Madurai, Thoothukudi, Ramanathapuram, Pudukkottai, and Sivaganga.
Moderate rain accompanied by thunder, lightning, and strong winds (at speeds of 30 to 40 km per hour) may occur in one or two places in Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, Thanjavur, Virudhunagar, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, and Kanyakumari districts, as well as in Puducherry and Karaikal areas. In the rest of Tamil Nadu, light to moderate rain accompanied by thunder, lightning, and strong winds (at speeds of 30 to 40 km per hour) may occur in one or two places.
Nov. 7 Heavy rain accompanied by thunder, lightning, and strong winds (at speeds of 30 to 40 km per hour) may occur in one or two places in Madurai, Theni, and Dindigul districts.
Moderate rain accompanied by thunder, lightning, and strong winds (at speeds of 30 to 40 km per hour) may occur at a few places in Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, Thanjavur, Virudhunagar, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi, Ramanathapuram, Sivaganga, Pudukkottai, Tirunelveli, and Kanyakumari districts, as well as in Puducherry and Karaikal. Light to moderate rain accompanied by thunder, lightning, and strong winds (at speeds of 30 to 40 km per hour) may occur at a few places in the rest of Tamil Nadu.
Similarly, on Nov. 8 and 9, there may be heavy rain in one or two places in Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Pudukkottai, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, and Kanyakumari districts,
and on Nov. 10 and 11, heavy rain may occur in one or two places in Thoothukudi and Ramanathapuram districts, it has been reported.
