IMD - Chennai report of Thane and Rainfall amounts !

SUMMARY OF OBSERVATIONS RECORDED AT 0830 HRS IST:-   

       

            Latest satellite imagery and coastal observations indicates that yesterday’s Very Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘THANE’ over southwest Bay of Bengal moved further westward and crossed North Tamil Nadu coast between Cuddalore and Puducherry between 0630 and 0730 hrs IST of today. It  then continued to move westwards and weakened into a severe cyclonic storm and  lay centered at 0830 hrs IST of today, the 30^th December 2011 near latitude 11.8⁰N and longitude 79.5⁰E about 30 Km west of Cuddalore and 35 Km southwest of  Puducherry. The system is likely to move westwards and weaken further.

           

            Northeast monsoon has been vigorous over Coastal Tamil Nadu.

             Rainfall occurred at many places over Coastal Tamil Nadu and at a few places over Rayalaseema. Isolated rainfall occurred over Interior Tamil Nadu, Coastal Andhrapradesh and South Interior Karnataka. Dry weather prevailed over Telangana, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Coastal and North Interior Karnataka.

           

            Puducherry airport recorded a very heavy rainfall of 15 centimetres.

            The following stations recorded heavy rainfall in centimetres:

            Kalpakkam and Kelambakkam (both Kanchipuram dt) 10 each, Cuddalore, Maduranthagam and Uthiramerur (both Kanchipuram dt) 9 each, Chengalpattu and Mahabalipuram (both Kanchipuram dt) 8 each and Rapur (Nellore dt), Puttur (Chittoor dt), Chennai airport, Tiruvallur and Chidambaram (Cuddalore dt) 7 each.

             The other chief amounts of rainfall recorded in centimetres are:

            Nellore, Chennai, Anna University and DGP Office (both Chennai dt), Sriperumpudhur (Kanchirpuram dt), Chembarambakkam (Tiruvallur dt), Vanur (Villupuram dt) and Sirkali (Nagapattinam dt) 6 each, Tada (Nellore dt), Sathyavedu (Chittoor dt), Cheyyur (Kanchipuram dt), Kanchipuram, Ponneri, Red Hills and Thamaraipakkam (all Tiruvallur dt), Karaikal and Vanthavasi (Tiruvannamalai dt) 5 each, Gudur and Venkatagiri Town (both Nellore dt), Tirupathi airport, Tambaram, Gingee (Villupuram dt), Villupuram, Kollidam and Mayiladuthurai (Both Nagapattinam dt), Nagapattinam and Sholingur (Vellore dt) 4 each, Tirupathi (A), Srikalahasthi (Chittoor dt), Tiruttani, Poonamalli, Ramakrishnarajpet, Tiruvalangadu, Cholavaram and Poondi (all Tiruvallur dt), Tindivanam (Villupuram dt), Nannilam (Tiruvarur dt), Tiruvarur, Tarangambadi (Nagapattinam dt), Cheyyar (Tiruvannamalai dt) and Arakonam (Vellore dt) 3 each, Kavali, Atmakur (Nellore dt), Rajampet (Cuddapah dt), Chittoor, Pallipattu (Tiruvallur dt), Kattumannarkoil, Sethiyathope and Virudhachalam (all Cuddalore dt), Kumabakonam and Tiruvidaimarudhur (both Thanjavur dt), Kodavasal, Needamangalam and Valangaiman (all Tiruvarur dt), Vedaranyam, Ambur and Kaveripakkam (both Vellore dt) and Jayamkondam (Ariyalur dt) 2 each and Vinjamur and Seetharamapuram (both Nellore dt), Salur (Vizianagaram dt), Lakkireddipalli and Rayachoty (both Cuddapah dt), Punganur, Thambalapalle, Pakala, Kalakada, Venkatagirikota and Perumallapalli (A) (all Chittoor dt), Arogyavaram, Srimushnam and Tozhudur (both Cuddalore dt), Sankarapuram, Tirukoilur and Ulundurpet (all Villupuram dt), Adiramapattinam, Thanjavur, Orathanadu, Papanasam and Pattukottai (all Thanjavur dt), Mannargudi, Pandavaiyar head and Tiruthuraipoondi (all Tiruvarur dt), Arani and Chengam (both Tiruvannamalai dt), Gudiyatham, Melalathur, Vaniyambadi and Walajapet (all Vellore dt), Vellore, Tirupathur, Yercaud and Ariyalur 1 each.