By 20th October, weather system to bring back rains once again in Chennai
Posted on: 18/Oct/2019 9:39:24 AM
On Thursday, 17th October, morning, several parts of the Chennai city received heavy rains. The important information is the weakening through over the Bay of Bengal might lessen the intensity of rains in the next 2 days.
It is now said that by 20th of October 2019 a weather system might form over the sea and this would bring back the rains once again in Chennai. Heavy to very heavy rains were predicted in Chennai by the RMC in Chennai. The information collected is Chennai is likely to get light to moderate rains or thundershowers and the condition of the sky is likely to be cloudy. The temperatures during the day would drop from 30 degrees Celsius to 28 degrees Celsius.
Across the city of Chennai and its suburbs, heavy rains in short intervals were recorded On Thursday is known. The sky was overcast and the day was pleasant. Point is Nungambakkam recorded 30mm rainfall and Meenambakkam recorded 52.6mm rainfall. The temperatures went below 28 degrees Celsius but the humidity touched 100% bringing rains.
It has been mentioned by some weather experts that the change in the intensity of rains in the next 2 days would be due to easterly wave or atmospheric trough from southwest Bay of Bengal off south TN coast to west-central Bay of Bengal that has become less marked. The winds and moisture would concentrate around a low pressure over the southeast Arabian Sea during the period leading to a significant reducing in the intensity of the rains. It is important to note that by 20th October a cyclonic circulation over southwest Bay of Bengal would induce a low-pressure area near south TN. This was as per Skymet Weather.
Information is the system would travel along the east coast and would bring moderate to heavy rains in Chennai and to other places of TN for a time of at least 2 days from 20th October. It is known that the month of October is the second wettest month for Chennai city and there would be 315.6 mm of rainfall. Point is November is the wettest month with 374.4 mm average rainfall.
