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After an exceedingly sultry afternoon on Wednesday, the sky quickly darkened and the heavens opened up, lashing the city with a short, but heavy spell of rainfall.
The meteorological department recorded only around 2 to 3 cm of precipitation in the city, but downpour was enough to cause the roads to flood over and traffic movement to be hit on arterial GST Road and Poonamallee High Road apart from several roads in the heart of the city. “These thunderstorms occur in summer on a regular basis, but we cannot expect this pleasant climate every day,” While the south west monsoon has set in in neighbouring Kerala, its effects will not be felt in Chennai until later this month as we are in the rain shadow region,” said Y.E.A. Raj, deputy director-general of meteorology, Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai. He said the rain was the result of ‘convective activity’ and not a precursor of the monsoon that the city has been waiting for. “We do not get much rain from the South west monsoon, maybe a maximum of 30-40 cm totally, during the period from June to September. Most of our rainfall comes from the North east monsoon that will set in during October-November,” he added. Day temperatures reached a maximum of 38º Celsius in Nungambakkam, and 39ºC at the Meenambakkam observatory on Wednesday. Day temperatures will continue to remain high, at 37ºC to 38ºC, and strong winds from the southwest monsoon making its way across Kerala may delay the onset of the sea breeze in Chennai every evening. Weathermen predict that showers could occur in the night on hotter days, and the rain will be accompanied by thunder due to cloud development as a result of instability in the atmosphere. Weathermen predict that showers could occur in the night on hotter days, and rain will be accompanied by thunder due to cloud development Commuters struggle to move their twowheelers, after they got stuck in the muck on a flooded road in Ekkatutangal in Chennai after the sudden downpour across various parts of the city on Wednesday. |
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