Tamil Nadu Weather Alert: Chennai, 6 Other Districts To Get Rains Today Evening

Chennai city along with a few other few other places is expected to be lashed with heavy rains on Friday evening.

R Pradeep John (PJ), who is known for his updates on weather, on his Facebook page said that Chennai, Vellore, Ranipet, Salem, Erode, Dharmapuri, Tirupattur, Krishnagiri will also get rains on Friday.

He said that "Awesome Friday awaits" and wrote, "The storms fizzled out today near Arakonam itself. This means tomorrow (Friday evening it is going to be sure shot rains in KTCC (Chennai) with hot day expected tomorrow.

Other districts such as Vellore, Ranipet, Salem, Erode, Dharmapuri, Tirupattur, Krishnagiri will also get rains.

Cauvery KRS catchment rains in Kodagu will continue too in Karnataka. In Cauvery Kabini Catchment in Wayanad too will get decent rains mostly Kabini dam will get full in a day or two. Water will be released directly from Kabini to Mettur.:

Thursday saw thunderstorms around Vellore and Ranipet districts. Meanwhile, sea breeze is slowly making its way through Chennai, a weather blogger who gives updates on his X account 'Chennai Rains' said.

What RMC Says?

The Regional Meteorological Centre, in its daily bulletin, has predicted light to moderate rain with thunderstom and lighting at one or two places over Tamil Nadu for the next five days.

Giving an update about the Chennai weather, it said, "Sky condition is likely to be partly cloudy. Light/moderate rain with thunderstorm and lightning is likely to occur in some areas during evening/night. Maximum temperature is likely to be 36-37°C and Minimum temperature is likely to be 27-28°C."

The weather agency said that the Madurai Airport recorded the highest maximum temperature of 39.1°C while Erode recorded the lowest minimum temperature of 19.0°C.