Reportedly as the Indian summer descends over the peninsula, the Regional Meteorological Centre in Chennai has predicted a heat stress that is likely to occur at isolated places over interior Tamilnadu. Meanwhile according to a weather forecast issued by the RMC on Thursday, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Salem, Namakkal, Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Dindigul and Madurai districts would likely witness heat stress on Monday.
Furthermore light to moderate rain is likely to occur at isolated places over Tamilnadu on Friday and Saturday, dry weather is likely to prevail over Tamilnadu and Puducherry on Sunday and Monday. The IMD predicts, between March 22 and 24 "Maximum temperature is likely to be above normal by 2-3 Degrees Celsius at isolated places over Interior Tamil Nadu (Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Salem, Namakkal, Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Dindigul and Madurai districts)".
As per report the heat wave conditions were observed in Tamilnadu over the first ten days of March, while temperatures subsequently came down to normal in most places. Accordingly the drought-hit districts are: Chennai, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Karur, Salem, Vellore, Tiruchirapalli, Perambalur, Tiruvallur, Namakkal, Virudhunagar, Kancheepuram, Madurai, Dindigul, Erode, Pudukottai, Sivagangai, Thanjavur, Viluppuram, Tiruvannamalai, Ariyalur, Nagapattinam, Cuddalore and Ramanathapuram.
