The observatory at Nungambakkam has received 131 cm of rainfall so far this year, which is 9 cm more than the annual average rainfall. Meenambakkam has received 118 cm so far against its annual average rainfall of 132 cm. The department forecast rain or thundershowers for the next two days.
Y.E.A. Raj, Deputy Director General of Meteorology, Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, said that the State had recorded 38 cm of rain from October 1 to November 22. This was in excess by 18 per cent. Normal rainfall is 43 cm for the entire season between October and December.
slowly the waves r touching the coast…the latest image shows the spin is on………enjoy frnz .am going for semester xam,i wil catch u aftr 11.30 ..,keep an eye on the trough…
We at keaweather have decided that the normal annual rainfall for Chennai is 126.8 cm. IMD chennai says it is 122 cm. IMD delhi says it is 126.7. Most websites say it is 126.8
Anna salai sudden downpour for 8 minutes. but part of anna salai rain with sunshine. the rain confined to just 5 KMS north and north west of anna salari. No rains beyond mylapore. it is sunny. quite funny.
rain fall rate anything abov 38 millimeters per hour considered to be heavy rains. above 60 very heavy rains. Still we have not touched 60 per hour contineously for more than a minute. SO chennai yet to receive very heavy rains during this season. let us see.
NE — Till now
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After the monsoon onset, there has not been a single dry day for TN. During NEM, normally between systems there is a break and that lasts for 3-4 days with nearly dry weather.
This non-stop rains is IMO, is the single biggest positive aspect of this monsoon, second one would be the rainfall in western parts of TN, which are not the greatest beneficiaries of NEM and this has resulted in good inflows into rivers and reservoirs
Yes Kea.. the roads will withstand i think.. very good drainage system and periodically maintained… but such a situation wont arise i think :).. the highest rain i have seen here is 30mm but the water vanished in seconds….
Its the western and central TN which does pretty bad….
Only 4 coastal districts Chennai Kancheepuram Cuddalore and Nagapattinam manage to get above 120cm
Below
800 mm
Namakkal, Coimbatore, Erode,
Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Tirunelveli and
Thoothukudi
801 mm to
1000 mm
Vellore, Salem, Dharmapuri,
Krishnagiri, Perambalur,
Pudukkottai, Madurai, Theni,
Dindugul, Ramanathapuram,
Virudhunagar and Sivagangai
1001 mm to
1200 mm
Thiruvallur, Villupuram,
Thiruvannamalai, Thanjavur,
Thiruvarur and Kanniyakumari
1201 mm to
1400 mm
Chennai, Kancheepuram, Cuddalore
and Nagapattinam
hi kea people how r u doing?seems busy with analysis of north east monsoon!!!!climate here in vijayawada is very cool and offcourse dry with very poor sunshine and some cloudy ness.hey talking to u after cyclone jal which is the most disappointing cyclone of the centuary!!!!!!!!is’nt it true?i think we expected too much from JAL but it didnt give expected rainfall even cyclone LAILA is the best which caused more than 20 cms in just 24 hrs and smashed ongole and addanki with 55 cms and i think even though LAILA is just severe cyclone and jal very seviere but LAILA RANKS FIRST IN TERMS OF RAINFALL.I THINK NONE OF THE CHENNAITES EXPECTED THAT MUCH RAINFALL FROM LAILA BUT IT SHOCKED EVERYONE IN PEAK SUMMER,BUT POOR JAL STILL I AM UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHY JAL DIDNT GIVE THAT MUCH RAINFALL
AND TALKING TO WETTEST CITY ON THE EAST COAST IN MY OPINION I DONNO WHETHER IT MAY BE IN ORISSA AND EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT,WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT,KRISHNA DISTRICTS RECEIVE HORRIBLE RAINS,KAKINADA IS THE HEAD QUARTER OF EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT AND THERE IS A PLACE LIKE ORATHANADU HERE ALSO IN ANDHRA AND ITS “AMALAPURAM”IN EAS GODAVARI DISTRICT AND HEY THESE DISTRICTS MAKE ANDHRA RICE BOWL OF INDIA.JUST VISIT THESE PLACES VERY LUSH GREEN FIELDS and amalapuram recored extremely heavy rain of 31 centimeters as u all know recently during the peak nortyh east monsoon season on november 2 2010.
The main factor for the comfortable water storage was, of course, the bountiful northeast monsoon.
In the last four decades, the last year’s average rainfall at the three reservoirs — Red Hills, Cholavaram and Satyamurthi Sagar — was the highest with 160 cm. Till now, the 1997 monsoon held the record with 158 cm.
Besides, 2005 marked another record, marking the maximum annual average rainfall. On an average, the three reservoirs registered 221 cm. In 1997, it was 217 cm and the previous year, 212 cm.
Record rainfall
The year that went by also created other records at the observatory in Nungambakkam, setting aside the record in 1996 with respect to the annual rainfall. The observatory registered 257 cm last year against the previous high of 244 cm. Another record was the rainfall during October-December. The 2005 season saw Nungambakkam receiving 211 cm whereas the observatory registered 157 cm in 1997 and 160 cm in 1884.
Kea
I was reading the comments on how Singapore handles the rains..
Having been in that region for some years,my observations are– yes,being a tropical zone,it practically rains throughout the year..there is an interesting saying that it does not rain a lot during the months which does not have “R” like May,June,July and Aug…but there are times when rains can be very heavy with some systems in South China Sea and Jave sea.These bring very heavy rains.While Singapore copes with the rains due to the excellent drainage systems,Jakarta chokes due to poor drainage and the industrialisation.
hey kea i think it crossed some where andhra tamilnadu border near pulicat and today is sathya sai baba’s birthday.chennaites should remember him for telugu ganga project water supply scheme for chennai.hey kea i think u dont like this but andhra is far better than karnataka.every one should accept this,andhra always gives its hand to help tamilnadu as we all belong to south india and we should unite together and nt quarrel together.frankly karnataka didnt behave good on hogenakkal case and KEA WE THANK GOD AS GODAVARI THE LARGEST RIVER IN SOUTH DOESNT FLOW THROUGH KARNATAKA AND EVEN THOUGH KARNATAKA HAVING SURPLUS WATER SUPPLY THROUGH KRISHNA AND WHY CANT IT RELEASE WATER TO TN FARMERS FROM KAVERI????HOW MUCH WATER DO THEY WANT?
Singapore has got excellent drainage facilities as mentioned by you. I think most top metros of the world have them.
But Kea’s argument is even world class cities suffer the same traffic snarls, like here in Chennai during rains and so it is not a big issue, which I think is not true.
They are not brought to stand still like here because there the water does not stagnate. Once the rain stops traffic can resume.
On November 7, Jal started weakening. Soon afterward, the IMD reported that Jal weakened into a Cyclonic Storm. Later that day, the JTWC downgraded Jal into a Tropical storm. Late on the same day, the IMD reported that the storm weakened into a Deep Depression. As a deep depression, the system made landfall at Chennai, a few hours later/
What is the height of your proposed mountain. Rainfall will depend on its height.
Also there is no SW monsoon here.(Western ghats + SWM gives the western coast its abundant rainfall)
So a mountain alone won’t make Chennai a more rainier place than what it is now.
Supersai where are you from and what you do.
How such super question arise to you 😀
Super lalit!
If it’s like western ghats then we wouldn’t get much rainfall from swm but surely we would get lot of rain from low pressures/cyclones/ nem etc.
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blog members ,try to sort out me….This is my million dollar question…y do clouds/sky appear mild orange in colour during rain/raining season? …….is tat due to effect of sun?
According to IMD Ramanan – காற்று அழுத்த தாழ்வு மண்டலம் தென்மேற்கு வங்க கடலில் ஏற்பட்டுள்ளதால் there wlll be heavy rains in the next 24 hours in entire Tamilnadu and sometimes கன மழையும் பெய்யும்
supersai
If chennai had mountains on its west in addition to western ghats chennai would not receive a single drop of rain from the swm. However we may get excess rain of 40 to 50cms during nem .atlast we will endup with the same annual rainfall of 130cms but distributed over a short span of 3 months[oct to nov]
KeaWeather Archives 
The Hindu : Cities / Chennai : Water received from Kandaleru diverted to Cholavaram reservoir – Rain has given surplus water to City Reservoirs
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chen…
The observatory at Nungambakkam has received 131 cm of rainfall so far this year, which is 9 cm more than the annual average rainfall. Meenambakkam has received 118 cm so far against its annual average rainfall of 132 cm. The department forecast rain or thundershowers for the next two days.
The Hindu : States / Tamil Nadu : Five die in rain-related
http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article906077.ece
Excess rainfall
Y.E.A. Raj, Deputy Director General of Meteorology, Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, said that the State had recorded 38 cm of rain from October 1 to November 22. This was in excess by 18 per cent. Normal rainfall is 43 cm for the entire season between October and December.
slowly the waves r touching the coast…the latest image shows the spin is on………enjoy frnz .am going for semester xam,i wil catch u aftr 11.30 ..,keep an eye on the trough…
Bhaskaran,
We at keaweather have decided that the normal annual rainfall for Chennai is 126.8 cm. IMD chennai says it is 122 cm. IMD delhi says it is 126.7. Most websites say it is 126.8
massive rains lashing mount 🙂
rains here too in madambakkam and stopped now to drizzles:)
jon
radar is not updating isn’t it ? or else im not getting updated?
Heavy rain in chepauk now……
rains just starting at VBKM – rather drizzles.
Heavy rain continues in chepauk for the past 10 mins…. Pouring like anything…
How about in nungambakkam ? any news frnds
s radar stuck at 2.40. it seems ramnad district is worst affected yesterday
radar working fine finaly after 2 day break
Anna salai sudden downpour for 8 minutes. but part of anna salai rain with sunshine. the rain confined to just 5 KMS north and north west of anna salari. No rains beyond mylapore. it is sunny. quite funny.
ss.
rain fall rate anything abov 38 millimeters per hour considered to be heavy rains. above 60 very heavy rains. Still we have not touched 60 per hour contineously for more than a minute. SO chennai yet to receive very heavy rains during this season. let us see.
even myalpore not much rain, just drizzles.
ss.
past 5 min inner ring road near CMBT BUS STAND light shower..now sunny
rained heavily in OMR also
Baroda, continous overnight showers; today it is fully overcast with drizzling.. fabulous weather ..feel like return of monsoon.
few minutes back showers looks like passing shower. even half of chennai not covered.
but lot of cloud gathering in bay of bengal and moving towards coastal tamil nadu. may be from tomorrow, there could be widespread showers.
ss.
Only from thursday heavy rains !?
Hope they are very heavy !
Which is driest south Indian city ? My bet goes for gulbarga/tutocorin…?
@Super sai its Coimbatore and Bodinayakanur.. but no will realise it due to pleasant weather and mountain streams 🙂
Driest in South India, would be in Anantapur district, A.P; Tadipatri, Kalyandurg etc.,
Annual rainfall would be around 40 CM.
Oh yes siva.. i forgot abt rayalseema.. dats the driest region in country after west rajasthan
Southern and western TN have had a fabulous night of rainfall! Amaravathi, Vaigai and Perambikulam / Aliyar, Bhavani basins lashed.
NE — Till now
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After the monsoon onset, there has not been a single dry day for TN. During NEM, normally between systems there is a break and that lasts for 3-4 days with nearly dry weather.
This non-stop rains is IMO, is the single biggest positive aspect of this monsoon, second one would be the rainfall in western parts of TN, which are not the greatest beneficiaries of NEM and this has resulted in good inflows into rivers and reservoirs
Coimbatore and trichy 2cm…
http://www.imd.gov.in/section/dwr/dynamic/dwr.htm
Doppler is working on close range!
virudhunagar, sivakasi, palayamkottai, tuticorin, ramanathapuram areas which receives 600 to 800 mm only per year is the dry belt in TN…
All these places – THANNI ILLADA KAADU
Top headlines in ndtv !!! HEavy rain in madurai.. schools closed !!!
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/heavy-rain-in-madurai-flood-alert-issued-67973
how accurate is this sat map or radar?
http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/?lat=13.06999969&lon=80.19999695&zoom=10&pin=Numgambakkam%2c%20India
the time mentioned in it, seems to be real time
KN,
We had a discussion here regarding heavy rains throwing life out of gear.
What will happen if it rains in ur place 100 mm in 12 hours? Will the roads withstand?
Flood in vaigai is the last thing that could happen on earth 😛 😛
if at all there are rivers that cause flooding in TN are just 3 in number usually: Kaveri ,Thamirabharani and Adayar
Yes Kea.. the roads will withstand i think.. very good drainage system and periodically maintained… but such a situation wont arise i think :).. the highest rain i have seen here is 30mm but the water vanished in seconds….
Any one give d link of TNAU..RAINFALL REGISTRATION CENTER…@all kea members
@KN..DO U KNOW D LINK F TNAU
Bright sunny intervals in thiruvarur…any chance f hvy rain for delta districts???tiz YEAR NEM NOT EFFECTIVE AND TILL NO HVY RAIN REPORTED IN DELTAZ….
@kea watz d highest 24 Hour rainfall in chennai…..
Its fairly widespread rains in TN
Official IMD figures
Coimbatore,Trichy 2cm
Madurai 6cm
Kodaikanal 4cm
Kanyakumari 3cm
All the dams in TN(Except chennai lakes) have received rains.. with vaigai dam recording 8cm
@gta enjoy 🙂
http://tawn.tnau.ac.in/
@Gta Why worry the mettur dam has just 7 feet to fill up? 🙂
GTA MAN
452 Mm recorded on 25th Nov 1976
most recent is 423 mm recorded on 27th oct 2005
it seems to be working. Maybe the wait is finally over
Quick note on flood monitoring in TN.
In CWC – Flood monitoring site (http://www.india-water.com/ffs/index.htm), there are no permanent flood monitoring sites for TN. Even Rajasthan has few.
how much rain will we receive this Thursday friday ?
@ Kea:
Note sure of your account of 423 mm recorded on 27th oct 2005.
IMD figures are 21 Cm for Madras AP and 27 Cm for Madras city for that day.
In the last 20 years the heaviest 24 hr rain (in city or AP) would be 31 cm rain recorded in June 96.
Its the western and central TN which does pretty bad….
Only 4 coastal districts Chennai Kancheepuram Cuddalore and Nagapattinam manage to get above 120cm
Below
800 mm
Namakkal, Coimbatore, Erode,
Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Tirunelveli and
Thoothukudi
801 mm to
1000 mm
Vellore, Salem, Dharmapuri,
Krishnagiri, Perambalur,
Pudukkottai, Madurai, Theni,
Dindugul, Ramanathapuram,
Virudhunagar and Sivagangai
1001 mm to
1200 mm
Thiruvallur, Villupuram,
Thiruvannamalai, Thanjavur,
Thiruvarur and Kanniyakumari
1201 mm to
1400 mm
Chennai, Kancheepuram, Cuddalore
and Nagapattinam
1401 mm to
1800 mm
The Nilgiris
hi kea people how r u doing?seems busy with analysis of north east monsoon!!!!climate here in vijayawada is very cool and offcourse dry with very poor sunshine and some cloudy ness.hey talking to u after cyclone jal which is the most disappointing cyclone of the centuary!!!!!!!!is’nt it true?i think we expected too much from JAL but it didnt give expected rainfall even cyclone LAILA is the best which caused more than 20 cms in just 24 hrs and smashed ongole and addanki with 55 cms and i think even though LAILA is just severe cyclone and jal very seviere but LAILA RANKS FIRST IN TERMS OF RAINFALL.I THINK NONE OF THE CHENNAITES EXPECTED THAT MUCH RAINFALL FROM LAILA BUT IT SHOCKED EVERYONE IN PEAK SUMMER,BUT POOR JAL STILL I AM UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHY JAL DIDNT GIVE THAT MUCH RAINFALL
Siva,
Check this out http://www.imd.gov.in/section/climate/chennai2.htm
moreover for some stupid reason IMD calculated 24 hour rain from 8:30 to 8:30.
I still remember 27th October, we got like 273 until 8:30 am on 27th and another 160 mm on 27th. Total is 433. But around 10 mm fell the day earlier.
Unfortunately history will never say this because of IMD’s stupidity.
AND TALKING TO WETTEST CITY ON THE EAST COAST IN MY OPINION I DONNO WHETHER IT MAY BE IN ORISSA AND EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT,WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT,KRISHNA DISTRICTS RECEIVE HORRIBLE RAINS,KAKINADA IS THE HEAD QUARTER OF EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT AND THERE IS A PLACE LIKE ORATHANADU HERE ALSO IN ANDHRA AND ITS “AMALAPURAM”IN EAS GODAVARI DISTRICT AND HEY THESE DISTRICTS MAKE ANDHRA RICE BOWL OF INDIA.JUST VISIT THESE PLACES VERY LUSH GREEN FIELDS and amalapuram recored extremely heavy rain of 31 centimeters as u all know recently during the peak nortyh east monsoon season on november 2 2010.
radhakrishna_vangalal,
I am still suprised by Cyclone Jal. Worse still history says it crossed Chennai.
next shower possible by 4 pm
Sea level rise will hit land, ecosystems along Tamil Nadu coast
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/article906106.ece?homepage=true
We can already see this in Marina beach. More towards the Anna swimming pool area the beach is flooded during the monsoon.
NEM RAINFALL STATISTICS
YEAR NUNGAMBAKKAM (NORMAL 75 CM) MINAMBAKKAM (NORMAL 77CM)
1990 97 77
1991 79 75
1992 73 75
1993 90 104
1994 118 115
1995 53 44
1996 126 113
1997 157 144
1998 72 80
1999 53 52
2000 40 50
2001 108 97
2002 99 83
2003 31 38
2004 57 62
2005 211 186
2006 89 96
http://www.hindu.com/2006/01/03/stories/2006010315310300.htm
Northeast monsoon -2005 Recording highest rainfall
The main factor for the comfortable water storage was, of course, the bountiful northeast monsoon.
In the last four decades, the last year’s average rainfall at the three reservoirs — Red Hills, Cholavaram and Satyamurthi Sagar — was the highest with 160 cm. Till now, the 1997 monsoon held the record with 158 cm.
Besides, 2005 marked another record, marking the maximum annual average rainfall. On an average, the three reservoirs registered 221 cm. In 1997, it was 217 cm and the previous year, 212 cm.
Record rainfall
The year that went by also created other records at the observatory in Nungambakkam, setting aside the record in 1996 with respect to the annual rainfall. The observatory registered 257 cm last year against the previous high of 244 cm. Another record was the rainfall during October-December. The 2005 season saw Nungambakkam receiving 211 cm whereas the observatory registered 157 cm in 1997 and 160 cm in 1884.
@ Kea
Yes got it. Immediately after I posted, I guessed the reason.
I was not in Madras then…so went by these ‘official reports’
low pressure area has formed over south west baY-ramanan china kallar 15cm maniyachi 14cm
Kea
I was reading the comments on how Singapore handles the rains..
Having been in that region for some years,my observations are– yes,being a tropical zone,it practically rains throughout the year..there is an interesting saying that it does not rain a lot during the months which does not have “R” like May,June,July and Aug…but there are times when rains can be very heavy with some systems in South China Sea and Jave sea.These bring very heavy rains.While Singapore copes with the rains due to the excellent drainage systems,Jakarta chokes due to poor drainage and the industrialisation.
AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS FOR FLOOD CONTROL in Chennai
for more info read
http://www.hindu.com/2010/11/23/stories/2010112358180200.htm
hey kea i think it crossed some where andhra tamilnadu border near pulicat and today is sathya sai baba’s birthday.chennaites should remember him for telugu ganga project water supply scheme for chennai.hey kea i think u dont like this but andhra is far better than karnataka.every one should accept this,andhra always gives its hand to help tamilnadu as we all belong to south india and we should unite together and nt quarrel together.frankly karnataka didnt behave good on hogenakkal case and KEA WE THANK GOD AS GODAVARI THE LARGEST RIVER IN SOUTH DOESNT FLOW THROUGH KARNATAKA AND EVEN THOUGH KARNATAKA HAVING SURPLUS WATER SUPPLY THROUGH KRISHNA AND WHY CANT IT RELEASE WATER TO TN FARMERS FROM KAVERI????HOW MUCH WATER DO THEY WANT?
Gopal
Singapore has got excellent drainage facilities as mentioned by you. I think most top metros of the world have them.
But Kea’s argument is even world class cities suffer the same traffic snarls, like here in Chennai during rains and so it is not a big issue, which I think is not true.
They are not brought to stand still like here because there the water does not stagnate. Once the rain stops traffic can resume.
KEA.
How can you say a shower is possible around 4 PM?/
SS.
Radhakrishna, read this
On November 7, Jal started weakening. Soon afterward, the IMD reported that Jal weakened into a Cyclonic Storm. Later that day, the JTWC downgraded Jal into a Tropical storm. Late on the same day, the IMD reported that the storm weakened into a Deep Depression. As a deep depression, the system made landfall at Chennai, a few hours later/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Jal
Please suggest some good site for rain stats.
If chennai had mountains to it’s west what would be it’s annual rainfall !?
time is 4:00 pm…. no Rain
The pride of Tamil Nadu Chinna kallar crosses 400cm for this year 🙂
Bad news is that Punalur joins Kochi in the NEM 100cm league , Vellanikara and kottayam would soon follow suit 😐
Super sai
What is the height of your proposed mountain. Rainfall will depend on its height.
Also there is no SW monsoon here.(Western ghats + SWM gives the western coast its abundant rainfall)
So a mountain alone won’t make Chennai a more rainier place than what it is now.
Supersai where are you from and what you do.
How such super question arise to you 😀
@Vinod Ramanathapuram 7cm 🙂
Palani 5cm and Watrap 4cm 🙂
Super lalit!
If it’s like western ghats then we wouldn’t get much rainfall from swm but surely we would get lot of rain from low pressures/cyclones/ nem etc.
?
Super sai
I am Guna’s college colleague and posting from his machine. I just happened to see this link.
Some other people will answer Ur question. See U later.
A very nice blogsite.
bbc predicts heavy rain…..tomorrow 24/11/10
chennai …… receive heavy rain accordin to bbc weather …. prediction
there is some cloud formation in the east
some very light drizzles here
kea’s prediction became true here in pulicat it rained moderately for about one hour from 4pm….
now its hazy….. bit cooler than normal….
Super Sai, one more idea let us break down this western ghats so rain is not just limited to west coast and it will rain in all other places too..
coming system looks promising……just hope we get more than 20 cm atleast………
http://ow.ly/i/5KJm just see this sat image – the entire TN including chennai will get rains tomorrow – sure shot
http://www.cropweatheroutlook.ernet.in/crida/amis/CurrentWth.html – just read this very interesting report
Richy: ramanan as usual” chennai’ll vaanam megamootathudan irukum,nagarin sila idangalil avva pothu mazhai peiya kudum”…..kalaaaaikuraaaarama……….
blog members ,try to sort out me….This is my million dollar question…y do clouds/sky appear mild orange in colour during rain/raining season? …….
blog members ,try to sort out me….This is my million dollar question…y do clouds/sky appear mild orange in colour during rain/raining season? …….is tat due to effect of sun?
Foreca predicting heavy rains for only 36hrs starting from 25th midnight.but heavy rains also prediction on nov 29th and 30th
@ selcyclone : Answer to your million dollar question ! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud
According to IMD Ramanan – காற்று அழுத்த தாழ்வு மண்டலம் தென்மேற்கு வங்க கடலில் ஏற்பட்டுள்ளதால் there wlll be heavy rains in the next 24 hours in entire Tamilnadu and sometimes கன மழையும் பெய்யும்
Rainfall accumulations
http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/fews/SASIA/rfe.shtml
Baroda, Heavy cloud seen in Satellite image, ofcourse it is cloudy here, but not raining heavily… limited to slight drizzle at times., why?
Its a weak low system thats why only drizzles to mod showers
http://www.imdchennai.gov.in/r72.htm–this looks good for Chennai and so does BBC and foreca’s forecasts..GFS not too rosy
thanks Jon
dhinakar: tanks …good source…mild drizzle over here…may be bcos passing clouds..
Kodai completely cut off from rest of t.n
there was some heavy showers in my area for five min
b4 half n hour
supersai
If chennai had mountains on its west in addition to western ghats chennai would not receive a single drop of rain from the swm. However we may get excess rain of 40 to 50cms during nem .atlast we will endup with the same annual rainfall of 130cms but distributed over a short span of 3 months[oct to nov]
Imagine if a cyclone then struck chennai
Rainfall could exceed 60cm easily……..
sudden shower in taramani now
1 min shower lol