
The Regional Meteorological Centre has predicted light showers at isolated locations over T.N., Puducherry and Karaikal.
| Describe Credit: C. VENKATACHALAPATHY
In a rare February tournament, a low-tension plight is anticipated to make over the Bay of Bengal round Sunday. The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) is monitoring the likely of rainfall in aspects of Tamil Nadu on February 18 and 19.
Basically essentially based totally on RMC, an better air circulation over persists east of the Equatorial Indian Ocean and adjoining the Southeast Bay of Bengal. That is probably going to create into a low-tension plight over the same plan by Sunday. Officials of the RMC well-liked that weather models are being monitored for the likely of light rainfall over Tamil Nadu. As of now, the Department has predicted light showers at isolated locations over T.N., Puducherry and Karaikal.
With dry weather stipulations anticipated to prevail over the Utter till Tuesday, shallow to moderate fog or mist is probably going to prevail over districts, along side Chennai, Chengalpattu, Tiruvallur, Ranipet, Erode, Perambalur and Vellore till February 18.
Officials of the RMC talked about such foggy stipulations are extending till February, particularly in most stylish years, when the Northeast monsoon has spilled over till January adore this year. Noting it changed into as soon as rare for a low-tension plight to make over Bay of Bengal at some level of February, B. Amudha, Head, RMC, talked about conducive sea surface temperature and favourable cyclonic circulation in the upper phases is probably going to lead to the attain of a low tension plight. Nonetheless, it’s too early to forecast the duration and depth of rainfall over the plan as a number of, complex weather components influence clouding over the ocean.
Officials talked about sea surface temperature is hotter perfect shut to the equatorial plan, which is favourable for the formation of the weather system. Nonetheless, it couldn’t intensify extra and its influence over Tamil Nadu would possibly be assessed as it evolves.
The RMC has also forecast a unhurried upward thrust in maximum temperature in the Utter till February 17. On Friday, Erode recorded a maximum temperature of 36 stage Celsius, which changed into as soon as the very perfect in the Utter for the day. Areas adore Karur and Vellore too recorded maximum temperatures above standard by two stage Celsius. Many aspects of the Utter would possibly possibly also skills shut to conventional minimum temperatures till Tuesday.
Printed – February 14, 2026 01:01 am IST



