Monday , December 23 2024

Heavy rain in this state since late night, schools had to be closed

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Rain Alert: The weather has changed once again. It has been raining heavily in Chennai and its surrounding areas since last night. Due to this, the administration had to order the closure of the city’s schools for Tuesday. According to the Chennai-based Regional Meteorological Center (RMC), the cyclonic circulation over the Bay of West Bengal will be strong. Due to this, rain has been predicted for a week from November 11. The cyclonic circulation is likely to move gradually westwards towards Tamil Nadu/Sri Lanka coasts during the next two days.

Moderate to heavy rainfall occurred at many places in Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kanchipuram, Chengalpattu, Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Pudukkottai, Ramanathapuram, Villupuram, Puducherry and Karaikal region. In view of this, Chennai District Collector Rashmi Siddharth Jagade declared holiday in schools on Tuesday. However, colleges are functioning as usual. At the same time, there is a possibility of light to moderate rain or thundershowers at different places in Telangana from 12 to 16 November. The meteorological center said the weather is expected to remain dry in the state during the next 48 hours.

Western disturbance active in Himachal Pradesh, possibility of rain

At present the weather is dry in Himachal Pradesh. However, western disturbance has become active in Jammu and Kashmir. Its effect can be seen in the high altitude areas of Lahaul-Spiti, Chamba, Kangra till late Monday night. Light snowfall may also occur in higher altitude areas. Director of Meteorological Center, Shimla, Kuldeep Srivastava said that due to active western disturbance, the temperature of some districts may drop by up to 3 degrees in the coming days. Another Western Disturbance is becoming active in Northern India on 14 and 15 November, due to which there is a possibility of light rain in Chamba, Kangra, Lahaul-Spiti and snowfall in high altitude areas. There has been negligible rainfall in the state since the departure of monsoon. Due to this, 95 percent less rainfall has been estimated in October and there has been no rain anywhere in November also.

How is the weather in New Delhi?

It was a warm morning in the national capital New Delhi on Tuesday and the minimum temperature was recorded at 17.9 degrees Celsius. The air quality was still recorded in the very poor category. The air quality index in Delhi was 355 at 9 am. The air quality remained in the severe category in Anand Vihar, Jahangirpuri, Wazirpur, Rohini and Mundka of the capital. The AQI level here was more than 400. The humidity level in Delhi was recorded at 96 percent at 8.30 am. The Meteorological Department said that the maximum temperature in the capital is likely to be 33 degrees Celsius. A range of zero to 50 is considered good, 51-100 satisfactory, 101-200 moderate, 201-300 poor, 301-400 very poor and 401-500 severe.