Chennai, April 15(BPNS)

The Indian Materological Department(IMD) has predicted heavy rainfall for the next three days in Chennai and UT of Puducherry. Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds with speeds reaching 30/40 km per hour and with moderate to heavy rains is likely in coastal districts of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry  and Karaikkal on Thursday, the IMD said.

Coimbaatore, Theni, Dindigul, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Nilgris and Tiruppatur districts will get heavy showers in the coming days ,according to the Regional Materorlogical centre, Tamil Nadu.

Chennai will remain cloudy and Thunderstorms with lightning and with light to moderate rains are likely. Maximum and minimum temperature will be around 32 and 24 degree Celsius respectively.

In the past twenty four hours ending Wednesday 8.30 pm, Kothagiri estate in Nilgiris witnessed the highest rainfall( 11cm) followed by Edappadi (8cm) . Chennai also received scattered rainfall on Wednesday.

The IMD in a statement said that the rains and thunderstorm and lightning will be owing to a trough formed over Comorin area and discontinuity at lower tropospheric levels.