Heavy rainfall warning

Waking up to a monsoonish sky with incessant drizzle is apparently going to be a regular scene for Chennaiites in the coming days, according to weather experts.

Not only in Chennai, but moderate to rather heavy rain is likely to occur at many places over all the districts of Tamilnadu and Pudhucherry.Isolated heavy to very heavy rain is likely to occur coastal Tamilnadu and Pondicherry during the next 48 hours. The same level of downpour is also expected to occur over interior Tamilnadu and Kerala during the same period.

Also, isolated heavy to very heavy rain is likely to occur over Cuddalore, Villupuram and in Pondicherry. district registered 5 cm each. Isolated heavy rain is also likely to occur over the remaining district of Tamilnadu during the same period. Overall outlook for subsequent two days also suggests that there would be no significant change in the weather scenario. It may be recalled that many parts of Tamilnadu received rain ,thanks to the persistence of a trough of low pressure over the southwest bay off the State.