A major part of the clouds that was found hovering over Tamil Nadu has now shifted to the Arabian Sea, off the Kerala coast and around the Lakshadweep region.
While the skies over South Tamil Nadu appeared wiped clean, some clouds are still found dominating the northern part of the State (including Chennai), and Puducherry.
Hit-or-miss thundershowers are the forecast for most parts for the rest of the day and the next few to come, but Tamil Nadu should be wary of the fresh clouds building over Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
These clouds are already generating heavy rain over the islands located in the South-East Bay of Bengal. Weather models indicate that some of these may travel towards Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
These forecasts indicate that heavy rains from the clouds will commence from the weekend (around November 27, Friday) likely piloted by a low-pressure area.
HEAVY RAIN
Meanwhile, India Met Department bulletin in the morning forecast heavy to very rain for isolated parts of coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, and heavy over interior Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Lakshadweep for the rest of the day.
This comes on the day after heavy to very heavy rain lashed the southern parts of the state, especially Karaikal, Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, and Puducherry yesterday (Sunday).
A causative low-pressure area persisted through the morning in the East-Central Arabian Sea while an offspring trough linked it with South Gujarat.
This formation had brought thundershowers, lightning, and hail to Marathawada and Madhya Maharashtra apart from parts of the West Coast in Kerala, Coastal Karnataka and Goa-Konkan.
South TN pounded
Heavy to very heavy rain was recorded at various places in South Tamil Nadu on Sunday even as fresh clouds has materialised over the northern parts this (Monday) morning. IMD said that rains pounded not just the coast of South Tamil Nadu but also the immediate interior during the Sunday.
Some of the significant rainfall (in cm) recorded during the day were: Karaikal-17: Nagapattinam and Cuddalore-10 each; Puducherry-4; Tiruchirappalli, Kodaikanal and Madurai-3 each; Vellore and Atiramapattinam-2 each; and Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Coonoor, Coimbatore, Palayamkottai and Salem-1 each.
Sea-based weather -generating formations included the low-pressure area over East-Central Arabian Sea off Lakshadweep; and younger sibling in the form of a trough attached that links it with South Gujarat; and another trough over the Comorin region (having shifted West from Southwest Bay of Bengal).