Fresh low pressure area may bring rain to Tamil Nadu on December 1

After Cyclone Nivar, the Bay of Bengal is probably going to churn out a recent low pressure area round Sunday and enhance the probabilities of rain over Tamil Nadu and Puducherry between December 1 and three.

This time, rainfall exercise may largely be concentrated in south Tamil Nadu, the India Meteorological Department mentioned.

The low pressure area, which is probably going to type over the southeast Bay of Bengal, may grow to be a despair by Monday. It may achieve in power and transfer in direction of the Tamil Nadu coast, inflicting widespread rain over the State.

On the prospects of one other cyclonic storm, S. Balachandran, Deputy Director-General of Meteorology, Chennai, mentioned, (*1*)

Nivar weakened

Cyclone Nivar weakened right into a low pressure area over the south coastal Andhra Pradesh and the central components of the Bay of Bengal.

This introduced widespread rain in lots of locations of the inside districts until Friday morning. Sholingur in Ranipet district recorded the day’s highest quantity of 23 cm.

The cyclone introduced down the deficit within the State’s total seasonal rainfall by almost 10%. As on Friday, Tamil Nadu acquired 29.4 cm of rain, which is 15% of its common for the northeast monsoon.

Several northwestern districts have now recorded regular or extra rain over the previous two days, Mr. Balachandran mentioned.

In the following two days, some components of the State may expertise mild to average rain. Strong winds from the remnants of Cyclone Nivar, which made landfall within the early hours of Thursday, introduced a chill over Chennai on Friday morning that lasted properly into the day.

Minimum temperature within the metropolis dropped to 20.8 levels Celsius at Nungambakkam and 19.3 levels Celsius at Meenambakkam, in opposition to their regular of 23 levels Celsius.