Western Ghats districts to see intense rainfall this week; RMC issues heavy rainfall alerts
Districts along western ghats are likely to have enhanced rainfall this week. The Regional Meteorological Centre has issued orange and yellow weather alerts indicating intense rainfall in some western ghats areas until Saturday.
The State may also witness a marginal increase in rainfall in a few other parts during this week and a slight dip in day temperature in one or two places on Thursday and Friday.
The RMC has predicted heavy rainfall in western ghats areas until Saturday. Nilgiris and ghat areas of Coimbatore are expected to receive very heavy rainfall on Thursday and two other districts - Theni and Tenkasi - may get heavy rainfall.
Downpour may continue over Nilgiris and ghat areas of Coimbatore on Friday and Saturday. Strong winds with speed reaching 40-50 km per hour may prevail over the State till Saturday, according to the bulletin.
On Wednesday too, places like Valparai received significant rainfall with 6 cm till 5.30 p.m. Few other places like Salem, Kanniyakumari and Tenkasi districts too recorded light showers.
Officials of the RMC attributed the weather pattern to upper air cyclonic circulation over northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining north Odisha-West Bengal coasts as one of the factors. This may further grow into a low pressure area in the same region by Thursday.
B. Amudha, Head, (Additional incharge), RMC said convergence of strong westerly winds around the cyclonic circulation would influence wet weather in western ghats districts. 'Due to the westerly winds, moisture feed from Arabian Sea will bring rains in Kerala and adjacent ghat areas of Tamil Nadu,' she said.
Chennai may escape from warm weather on Thursday. The city is likely to get light to moderate showers in some areas and the maximum temperature may be around 36-37 degree Celsius. On Wednesday, the city recorded mild weather with the maximum temperature dipping to 33.8 degree Celsius, which is nearly 3.2 lower than its daily average.
Officials noted that the prevailing weather system and local weather conditions would trigger rainfall over Chennai. The Southwest monsoon has delivered considerable rainfall so far across the State, with a 15% increase in rainfall over its seasonal average since June 1.
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