Heavy rains and high winds expected today (TN Weatherman)
Posted on: 16/Jul/2018 11:24:06 AM
Awesome rains in the Ghats, Dams and Surrounding area and heavy rains and high winds are expected today too in Valparai, Nilgiris, Theni, Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari
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As expected the westerlies winds increased and pounded the ghat belt in Tamil Nadu with almost all places ghat areas in Valparai, Nilgiris, Theni, Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari getting filled up. By next week we can see all the dams filled up in Valparai, Nilgiris, Theni, Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari.
Major Dams (500 mcft) already full
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- Sholayar, Coimbatore - 5570 mcft
- Upper Kodayar, Kanyakumari - 2579 mcft
- Piloor, Coimbatore - 991 mcft
- Kadamaparai, Coimbatore - 941 mcft
- Upper Aliyar, Coimbatore - 915 mcft
- Siruvani Dam, Coimbatore - 901 mcft
- Thunnakadavu, Coimbatore - 557 mcft
- Gadana, Tirunelveli - 352 mcft
- Karuppanadhi, Tirunelveli - 185 mcft
Dams which are expected to overflow in a day or two
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- Amaravathy, Tiruppur - 4047 mcft
- Mukurthy, Nilgiris - 1785 mcft
- Chittar II Dam, Kanyakumari - 600 mcft
Mettur inflow jumps and over 1.28 lakh cusecs of water is being released from Karnataka dams.
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Close to 1.29 lakh cusecs is being released by Karnataka from the two Dams to Tamil Nadu`s Mettur.
1. KRS Dam - Inflow - 65,777 Cusecs and Outflow - 82,838 Cusecs
2. Kabini Dam - Inflow - 45,100 Cusecs and Outflow - 46,000 Cusecs
3. Hemavathi Dam - Inflow - 30,319 Cusecs and Outflow - 31,900 Cusecs
4. Harangi Dam - Inflow - 13,029 Cusecs and Outflow - 14,785Cusecs
5. Mettur inflow at 60120 cusecs storage at 50306 mcft against full capacity of 93470 mcft. The outflow is maintained at 1000 cuses. Mettur dam is expected to be full in less than a week considering more inflows of 90000 - 1.20 lakhs cusecs in the coming days
As expected massive Rainfall in Ghats and Surrounding areas in Tamil Nadu in 24 hrs ending 8.30 am on 16.07.2018
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in mm (min 20 mm)
- Chinnakallar, Coimbatore - 188
- Mukurthy, Nilgiris - 140
- Cincona, Coimbatore - 130
- Periakallar (Valparai PTO), Coimbatore - 119
- Valparai Taluk Office, Coimbatore - 112
- Valparai PAP, Coimbatore - 108
- Pykara, Nilgiris - 104
- Lower Nirar Dam, Coimbatore - 104
- Upper Bhavani, Nilgiris - 100
- Avalanche, Nilgiris - 97
- Parambikulam, Coimbatore - 96
- Manomboly, Coimbatore - 85
- Periyar, Theni - 84
- Parsons Valley, Nilgiris - 81
- Thunnakadvu, Coimbatore - 80
- Glenmorgan, Nilgiris - 73
- Porthimund, Nilgiris - 72
- Sholayar Nagar, Coimbatore - 70a
- Sandynallah, Nilgiris - 68
- Thekkady, Theni - 65
- Upper Kodayar, Kanyakumari - 65
- Adavinayinar, Tirunelveli - 60
- Lower Kodayar, Kanyakumari - 54
- Devala, Nilgiris - 54
- Gundar, Tirunelveli - 52
- Naduvattam, Nilgiris - 46
- Papanasam, Tirunelveli - 43
- Gudalur Bazzar, Nilgiris - 42
- Kadamaparai, C Coimbatore - 38
- Pechiparai, Kanyakumari - 37
- Chittar Dam I, Kanyakumari - 36
- Ooty, Nilgiris - 34
- Lower Glenmorgan, Nilgiris - 34
- Kallaty, Nilgiris - 33
- Chittar Dam II, Kanyakumari - 31
- Upper Aliyar, Coimbatore - 30
- Emerald, Nilgiris - 29
- Kuzhithurai, Kanyakumari - 26
- Puthen Dam, Kanyakumari - 25
- Kannimar, Kanyakumari - 25
- Veerapandi, Theni - 25
- Perunchani, Kanyakumari - 23
- Ooty Botanical Garden, Nilgiris - 22
- Thuckalay, Kanyakumari - 22
- Melpuram, Kanyakumari - 22
- Gadana, Tirunelveli - 21
- Servalar, Tirunelveli - 20
- Shencottah, Tirunelveli - 20
Courtesy: Tamil Nadu Weatherman
