Chennai to have rains for another one or two more days
Posted on: 07/Jan/2020 10:44:17 AM
On Monday, Chennai city had the overcast sky and there were rains and this surprised many. The meteorologists have revealed that Chennai city would have light rains for another 1 or 2 days.
It must be taken into account that on 9th January the NE monsoon would withdraw completely from the state of TN.
Parangipettai belonging to Cuddalore district received 3 cm of rainfall in the 24 hours ending at 8:30 am on Monday. This was the highest recorded rains in TN in a day. There were 1 cm rains in many places like Poondi, Ennore, Ponneri, Tiruttani etc.
In Chennai, there were morning showers and this took many by surprise. In Nungambakkam, the weather station recorded 2 cm of rains in the 24 hours ending at 8:30 am on Monday and Meenambakkam recorded less than 1 cm rains. Northern districts like Chennai, Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, Cuddalore, Villupuram and Puducherry might get light rains till 8th January.
Easterly wind speed convergence that prevailed over south coast AP and adjoining north coastal TN in the lower atmosphere was given as the reason for the rains. This was mentioned by Mr Puviarasan, director, Area Cyclone Warning Centre. He was clear that there would be dry weather in Chennai from 9th January. It is said that the spilling of NE monsoon might be responsible for the rains in the early part of January. Point to be noted here is this rainfall would be considered as the rains for this year.
For the month of January, Chennai has already received a copious amount of rains and it was the highest in a decade. Since 1st of January, Chennai has recorded nearly 6.6 cm rains. Chennai normally gets an average of 2.6 cm of rains in January and the mean number of rainy days in January is 1.4. In the month of January in the year 1915, Chennai city recorded an all-time high rainfall of 24.4 cm.
