Reportedly after months of scorching heat, rains came as a relief to many parts of Chennai on Wednesday evening, with the city reportedly recording upwards of 9 mm of rainfall. Meanwhile rainfall was recorded across the city, heavy rains were witnessed in the southern and central parts of the city as well as the coastal areas. Hence this includes Thiruvanmiyur, Saidapet, Teynampet, Nungambakkam, Kodambakkam and other areas and the rains also brought traffic congestions along Kotturpuram, Anna Salai and Guindy.
Furthermore according to the Regional Meteorological Centre in Chennai, isolated rainfall is expected in the city over the next five days. The Met Department’s release on Wednesday regarding the next 48 hours states “The sky condition is likely to be generally cloudy. One or two spells of light rain is likely to occur in some areas. Maximum and Minimum temperatures are likely to be around 38 and 29 deg Celsius respectively”.
Moroever weather blogger pradeep John who runs the popular Facebook page Tamilnadu Weatherman, wrote, “Well we missed widespread rains yesterday but today should not be miss and as the clouds triggered by heat and the UAC has covered wide area and should rain better compared to previous day spells. The UAC is NE of Chennai so storms will come from NW direction. Gateway of rains will be from Avadi and Ambattur without any major thunders.”
