Chennai: The city can be on a cloudy and wet weekend because the rain whipped on Friday is likely to recur at night for the next few days.
The IMD forecast said, “The condition of the sky tends to be very cloudy.
Lightning storms with rain until they tend to occur in several regions.” On Friday, the southern edge received heavy rain almost earlier on the day when West Tambaram got 14mm and Kancheepuram received 52mm.
Nungambakkam Receives 4mm Rain, Ennore 2mm, Madhavaram 5mm and 1mm Meenambakkam.
North suburbs receive rain at night.
An official meets the department says convective actions due to high daytime temperatures and top air circulation is the reason.
“If the temperature is high there will be convective actions because the soil is heated quickly.
This can cause rain in the coming days too,” he added.
The maximum temperature on Friday is 37 ° C in Nungambakkam and meenmbakkam.
Forecasts say the city and suburbs tend to experience the same temperature on Saturday.
The weather tracking site immediately showed heavy clouds in most cities and the north, west, and south suburbs on Friday.
A personal weather blogger said that the city did not rain for the past three days even though the surrounding area received a good spell.
The presence of a thick cloud above the city on Friday causes rain in many regions, he added.