Cyclonic circulation over Bay of Bengal to fetch more rains in TN

With the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) indicating a low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal from December 13, rains are likely to continue in Tamil Nadu till December 15th.

Chennai, Dec 12 (BPNS)

With the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) indicating a low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal from December 13, rains are likely to continue in Tamil Nadu till December 15^th.

Meanwhile owing to the effect of an upper air cyclonic circulation , rains are to continue in Tamil Nadu on Monday and Tuesday. Schools in Kancheepuram district and a few areas in Tiruvallur remain closed due to heavy rains.

The IMD predicted that the rain is expected to taper in the next few days. However P. Senthamarai Kannan, Director of, Area Cyclonic Warning Centre, Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) said that by Tuesday remnants of Mandous will emerge in the Arabian sea. The RMC in a statement said that the upper air circulation persists over north interior Tamil Nadu and adjoining South Interior Karnataka and Northern parts of Kerala and this extends up to 5.8 km above the sea level.

The weather department also predicted widespread and isolated heavy rains over Andaman Nicobar on Thursday and Friday.

The Skies are likely to be cloudy over Chennai and adjoining areas on Monday and light to moderate rains are expected in many places.