The Chennai Regional Meteorological Centre has informed that there are prospects for heavy rains with lightning and thunder in 10 districts in Tamil Nadu today (Friday, 10th July) due to the thermal convection rain phenomenon and the cyclonic format in the upper layers of the atmosphere.
The ten districts with strong prospects fr heavy rains with thunder and lightning are Coimbatore, Nilgiri, Salem, Namakkal, Theni, Perambalur, Pudhukkottai, Sivagangai, Ramanathapuram, and Virudhunagar.
It is also informed that there are prospects for medium rain in a few places in the interior districts and coastal districts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry and Karaikkal.