IMD-Chennai Deputy Director General Balachandran has said that the low pressure area over southeast Bay of Bengal may concentrate into a depression and cover north Tamil Nadu and south Andhra Pradesh coast between Karaikal and Sriharikota around Cuddalore by Thursday evening. can cross.
In comparison, though Chennai and adjoining districts like Chengalpet had seen a drop in rainfall on Tuesday, areas like Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu and Karaikal in the Union Territory of Puducherry received heavy to very heavy rainfall as per official inputs.
The Meteorological Bureau official also said that there is a possibility of extremely heavy rainfall at one or two places in Chennai, Salem, Vellore, Tirupattur, Ranipet, Tiruvannamalai districts on November 11.
Tamil Nadu Raj Bhavan in a tweet said that Governor RN Ravi has “urged the people of Tamil Nadu to remain alert and take precautionary measures in view of IMD’s forecast of heavy rains in the next few days. People in the affected areas can avoid non-essentials. movements and pre-emptive unpleasant events.”
On November 10, heavy to very heavy and very heavy rainfall is very likely to occur over isolated areas of Tamil Nadu and neighboring Union Territories of Puducherry and Karaikal. Giving district-wise details, the department has predicted extremely heavy to very heavy to very heavy rainfall in areas falling under Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on November 11. The districts of Salem, Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Namakkal, Erode and North Coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry and Karaikal region. Light to moderate rain is very likely at most places over rest of Tamil Nadu districts.
Meanwhile, the IMD has also said that many parts of Karnataka, including the districts of South Interior Karnataka (SIK), Malnad and Coastal parts of the state are very likely to receive light to very light rain till tomorrow morning.
According to the IMD, there is a strong possibility of dry weather over North Interior Karnataka (NIK) region.
In a specific forecast for the SIK region, the IMD said, “Little to very light rain very likely over Chamarajanagar, Ramanagara, Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Kolar and Chikkaballapura and Mysuru districts and the remaining districts of the region are likely to remain cloudy.” . “
In Malnad, the IMD said isolated to very light rain is very likely over Kodagu, Hassan, Chikkamagaluru and Shivamogga districts.
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