Chennai, May 29 (BPNS)
The blistering heat is likely to continue in Tamil Nadu for the next few more days with the mercury to shoot up further.
Weather department officials told BPNS that the maximum temperature will continue for the next few days due to a change in the wind pattern as well as delay in sea breeze in coastal districts of Tamil Nadu.
As the sea breeze is delayed in noon time, Chennai city and its outskirts have temperature hovering at 40 degree Celsius and if there are any changes in the wind pattern or increase in moisture level in the atmosphere, the temperature is likely to come down.
Meenambakkam in Chennai recorded the highest temperature twice in the month of May, with 42.7 degree Celsius on May 16 and 41.6 degree Celsius on May 27.
With the South West Monsoon likely to hit Kerala on June 4, Tamil Nadu is expecting to receive convective rainfall. The weather department is expecting isolated rainfall along with thunderstorm activity in mid-June.
Officials in the weather department told BPNS that the recent cyclonic storm Mocha that formed over southeast Bay of Bengal, the wind flow pattern towards Tamil Nadu has changed and is devoid of moisture and this has led to dry weather in the state.
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