Chennairains (COMK)

In a strange sequence of events for the third day in a row a small band of areas to the North of Chennai, from Red Hills to Tiruvottiyur, received spells of rains yesterday once again.  Almost as a repeat of events the thunderstorms happened at very similar times all three days in a purely localized…

Yesterday saw most parts of Tamil Nadu dry with isolated rains over a few places.  Tiruvottiyur got 9 mm as reported by our fellow blogger Velayudham.  Parts of North Chennai received passing showers in the evening with Southwest Monsoon pretty much inactive across the country

After a few days of rainy weather yesterday saw extremely isolated rains over few places Red Hills, Puzhal & Tiruvottiyur.  Localized thunderstorm development gave these areas rains in the afternoon while most parts of the city had a dry day

Last evening many areas of Chennai received rains with the IMD Weather station in Nungambakkam receiving 5.5 mm of rains.  Many places over North Tamil Nadu received heavy rains with Chetpet, Vandavasi, Sriperumbudhur & Walajahpet receiving more than 50 mm rains during the evening & night.