Deep depression suffers dramatic collapse, ends with a whimper over TN coast

Easterlies may well go on to provide mild showers to Tamil Nadu, Kerala

The erstwhile deep melancholy over the waters off Tamil Nadu underwent a spectacular collapse to weaken into a regular low-pressure area by means of the working day yesterday (Sunday) and satellite images nowadays (Monday) indicated the system obtaining finished with a whimper in excess of the coast of Southern Tamil Nadu for the duration of the prior evening itself.

The 24-hour cumulative rainfall recorded through the period ending 8.30 am on Monday by India Meteorological Office (IMD) amounted to just .1 mm rainfall at Nagapattinam about Tamil Nadu, whilst Mancompu (9 mm) and Alappuzha (3.4 mm) in Kerala fared substantially far better just after westward-propagating clouds induced some precipitation.

Light rain, thundershowers

The IMD has forecast gentle to reasonable rainfall or thundershowes at a number of places in excess of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal for today (Monday). Equivalent forecast has been issued for isolated destinations in adjoining spots of South Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema. Fishermen could resume program in the Gulf of Mannar, the Comorin place and along and off Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and South Andhra Pradesh coasts from this (Monday) morning.

In the meantime, a trough in the easterlies from the Bay of Bengal will carry isolated to scattered mild to average rainfall with isolated thunderstorms and lightning about Maharashtra, Gujarat, East Rajasthan and West Madhya Pradesh for 4 times from Monday to Thursday as they attain, though delayed, at Tamil Nadu’s cost from the erstwhile parent disturbance in the Bay.

Easterlies may perhaps prevail

An prolonged outlook into the weekend (for 3 days from Friday to Sunday) by the IMD indicated beneficial easterlies retaining it constant more than Tamil Nadu using on circulations certain for Sri Lanka and precipitating isolated to scattered light-weight/average rain around pieces of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

This craze might probably go on into the 2nd and early third week of March, even though the gains will be limited to the southern parts of Tamil Nadu, in accordance to the US Nationwide Centres for Envoronmental Preidction. Kerala and Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu could get a broader spread of showers during this spell many thanks to spillover impact from Sri Lanka.

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March 07, 2022