Intense thunderstorms batter Cuddalore, Puducherry

The Chennai Regional Meteorological Centre has predicted ongoing thunderstorm activity for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry throughout the districts of Cuddalore, Puducherry, Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Nilgiris, Theni, Tirunelveli, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Salem, Tiruvannamalai, Ranipet, Vellore and Tirupattur, a working day following extremely weighty thunderstorms battered Cuddalore and Puducherry.

A countrywide temperature forecast from India Meteorological Section, Delhi, indicated the chance of mild to moderate rainfall at isolated/scattered locations more than Andhra Pradesh, Yanam, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal, Kerala and Mahe on each Monday and Tuesday.

But it warned that isolated weighty rainfall could lash areas of Inside Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal. Isolated thunderstorms and lightning are forecast more than Andhra Pradesh, Yanam, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal, Kerala and Mahe until Monday.

European agency forecast

A European Centre for Medium-Assortment Weather conditions Forecast (ECMWF) outlook until Monday indicated a busy working day for areas of Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Inside Karnataka and North Tamil Nadu. This spans an region from Hubballi, Ilakal and Kurnool to Kavali, Nellore, Chennai, Tirupathi, Chittoor, Tiruvannamalai, Bengaluru, Ramanagara, Kola Gold Fields, Davangere, Ballari, Anantapur, Prodattur, Hindupur, Chikkamagaluru, Tumakuru, Punganuru, Hunsur, Hanur, Coimbatore, Udhagamandalam, Salem, Cuddalore, Tiruchirappalli and Muthupet.

Rains returning to Central India

The European agency sees surplus rains heading again to areas of Peninsular India and adjoining East-Central India during February 22-28. Probably generating gains are pretty much whole Maharashtra besides the coastline, Telangana, Rayalaseema, and Coastal Andhra Pradesh.

The US Countrywide Centres for Natural environment Prediction expects thunderstorms to carry on to flare up more than the area for a further week (until March one) next which the pre-monsoon time usually sets in. The 1st week of March could see thunderstorms depart Tamil Nadu and get confined to the Kerala coastline.

Unusually intensive showers

The 24 several hours ending on Sunday morning rainfall at several locations more than South Inside Karnataka at a couple locations more than Tamil Nadu & Puducherry at isolated locations more than Kerala, Mahe, Inside Karnataka, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam and Rayalaseema. Really mild rainfall occurred more than Karaikal region and Telangana. Dry temperature prevailed more than Lakshadweep region.

Rainfall recorded (3 cm and previously mentioned) at big centres in Tamil Nadu are: Pondicherry and Cuddalore-19 each and every Manimutharu (district Tirunelveli) and Kurinjipadi (Cuddalore)-10 each and every Papanasam (Tirunelveli)-8 Cheranmahadevi (Tirunelveli), Parangipettai and Bhuvanagiri (Cuddalore)-seven each and every Coonoor-six Shoolagiri (Krishnagiri), Marakkanam and Vanur (Villupuram)-5 each and every.

Areas of moderate activity

Areas of considerably less intensive activity bundled Uthukuli (Tiruppur), Sankaridurg (Salem), Ambasamudram (Tirunelveli) and Palani (Dindigul)-4 each and every Srimushnam, Panruti and KM Koil (Cuddalore), Tirupuvanam (Sivaganga), Bhavanisagar (Erode), Kothagiri (Nilgiris), Cheyyur (Chengalpattu), Mettur (Salem), Vilathikulam (Toothukudi), Kollidam (Nagapattinam), Mettupalayam (Coimbatore) and Periyanaickenpalayam (Coimbatore)-3 each and every.

Centres acquiring rainfall of a few cm or previously mentioned in Coastal Andhra Pradesh are Ongole (Prakasam)-3 in Rayalaseema, Kadiri (Anantapur)-3 and in Karnataka, at Devanahalli-3. Rest of the centres, like all big kinds in Kerala, recorded rainfall of considerably less than a few cm, the Regional Satisfied Centre, Chennai, explained.