Coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to have moderate rainfall
Posted on: 04/Dec/2018 9:52:31 AM
There is a trough lying over southwest Bay of Bengal now. The latest news is there would be moderate rainfall in Tamil Nadu and in Puducherry and this trough is likely to bring the rainfall. The meteorologists have predicted that many places belonging to the Chennai city would get rainfall and this rainfall would not be sufficient to overcome the deficit. It is now brought out by the officials belonging to the meteorological department that the trough lying over southwest Bay of Bengal might be responsible for reviving northeast monsoon activity in the Chennai city. Till Thursday, 6th December 2018, many places in the state of TN would receive light to moderate rainfall.
According to Mr. Puviarasan, director, Area Cyclone Warning Centre, the system was moving westwards. Rainfall would begin from coastal areas and move towards interior parts from Tuesday, 4thH December 2018. He added that one or two places in delta districts might record heavy rainfall. Till Wednesday, Chennai city would have cloudy sky and would experience few spells of light rains. It is known that on Monday evening some parts in Chennai city received light rainfall.
Chennai city is having rains deficit is a well known fact. Mr. Puviarasan then explained about how this spell of rains might not be enough to bring down the rain deficit in the city of Chennai. He spoke about waiting for some more days for a significant weather system to develop. This weather system would influence more rains over the north coastal regions. Other places in TN apart from Chennai city that have got severe deficit of rainfall now are districts of Dharmapuri and Karur. The important piece of information is Chennai city has recorded only 32 cm of rainfall in this season and this is 51% less than the average rainfall since 1st of October. It is known that the reservoirs in the city are main sources of drinking water and these reservoirs have only 15% of storage capacity. Th
