Rains to recede gradually in State from tomorrow
CHENNAI: The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has issued a yellow alert for five districts of Tamil Nadu predicting heavy rainfall on Friday. The weather office said the rainfall activity is likely to gradually decline from Saturday. Subsequently, the maximum temperature would increase by 2-3 degrees Celsius than normal in the State.
Under the influence of the wellmarked low-pressure area laid in the south Bay of Bengal, heavy rain is likely to occur over Dindigul, Theni, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli and Kanniyakumari districts for the next 24 hours. The rest of the State might receive light to moderate rain.
“Since the well-marked low-pressure is likely to move northeastwards and intensity into a cyclonic storm ‘Remal’ it will trigger intense spells in Odisha and West Bengal. There won’t be any impact for Tamil Nadu,” said P Senthamarai Kannan, director of area cyclone centre, RMC.
Fishermen are advised not to venture into the sea till May 27.
Meanwhile, as the weather department predicted that rainfall would gradually decrease in Tamil Nadu, the maximum temperature is likely to increase by 2 to 3 degrees Celsius than normal in isolated pockets in the coming days. However, there won’t be any abnormal surge in the mercury level and no heat wave conditions are predicted, explained the official.
On the other hand, the southwest monsoon is likely to set over Kerala on May 31. As per a preliminary report, the monsoon might be favourable to Tamil Nadu this year and is expected to record normal to above-normal rainfall. In 2023, the state recorded 9 per cent above-average rainfall, of which Chennai district received 779 mm of rainfall which is 74 per cent excess recorded during the monsoon season.