After witnessing a first few dry and warm days, rains have become quite frequent in Chennai. In fact, after the mid-month, rains have not remained absent in the city and Chennai even got to witness some moderate spells along with continuous light rains. In a way, Southwest Monsoon has been generous over the capital of Tamil Nadu.
It is all due to these showers that despite being in the rain shadow area, the capital of Tamil Nadu has managed to record 216.6 mm of rains as against its monthly mean of 126.8 mm thereby surpassing its monthly mean with a good difference. In fact, as per the rainfall statistics, the state as a whole is 34% rain surplus as on August 21.
In the last 24 hours also, Chennai has recorded light spells. The Minambakkam Observatory in the last 24 hours from 08:30 am on Monday recorded 15 mm of rainfall. On the contrary, the Nungambakkam Observatory recorded very light spells of 0.2 mm of rains during the same time frame.
The other districts of the state that had seen rains during the similar time span include Dharmapuri that recorded 12 mm of rains, Tirupattur 11 mm, Tiruttani 9 mm, and Salem witnessed 2 mm of rains.
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As per Skymet Weather, a trough is extending from the east central Bay of Bengal to Tamil Nadu coast at the surface level. Due to this system, the northern parts of the state will continue to witness light to moderate rain. Good rains are expected to occur mainly in the coastal areas of the state. However, the interior parts of the state may continue to witness cloudy sky with mainly light showers.
However, morning will be comfortable, warm and humid days with some light rains will prevail in Chennai.
Except for the southeastern parts of the state that are likely to remain warm and dry, light rain will keep on occurring in the interior parts of the state. Famous tourist spots such as Ooty and Kodaikanal may also receive scattered light rains with cloudy sky.
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