Fresh T.showers will soon pop over central, N, N-E Tamilnadu in another 3 hrs .. http://ow.ly/i/aH0K

6:30pm, widespread and Heavy showers over entire W. ghats of Kerala and over W, S-W of Tamilnadu .. http://ow.ly/i/aH0K

COLA model suggests that the present UAC will move into N-W Bay and continue to move in N-E direction ... http://ow.ly/i/aGZT

IMD model :: More heavy rain ahead for Tamilnadu (especially for TN) and Kerala till .... 28-Apr ... http://ow.ly/i/aGZu

WoW ... according to IMD models the present N. Tamilnadu UAC will persist along N. Tamilnadu coast till 29-Apr ...

Both S-E Arabian sea circulation and N. Tamilnadu coast circulation will persist for another 24 hrs ... and will bring more Heavy rain !

UAC :: One over N. Tamilnadu and another over Bay just N-E of Chennai ... and the trough persist over S-E Arabian sea.. http://ow.ly/i/aGYQ

RT @sanjeevkumarm: reached back home few mins back. Was a good driving experience from Thrissur to Palakkad. Kerala, Rain

RT @albinantony: now @ home and its raining here heavely ! idukki, kerala (6:53pm)

IMD : weather report till 8:30am of 23-Apr-2011

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

The following stations recorded very heavy to heavy rainfall in centimetres:

Yercaud 14, Kanchipuram 12, Kavali, Bangalore airport, and Tirumangalam (Madurai dt) 11 each, Tuni, Bangalore, Thozudur (Cuddalore dt), Marandahalli (Dharmapuri dt), Omalur (Salem dt) and Thathiengarpet (Thiruchirapalli dt) 10 each, Srirangapatnam (Mandya dt), Malur (Kolar dt), Ponneri (Thiruvallur dt), Gingee (Villupuram dt), Villupuram and Pochampalli (Krishnagiri dt) 9 each, Hosdurg (Kasargode dt), Kaveripakkam (Vellore dt) and Perambalur 8 each and Rayadurg (Ananthapur dt), Koalr, Thiruvananthapuram airport, Kallakurichi and Sankarapuram (both Villupuram dt), Uthamapalayam (Theni dt), Wallajahpet (Vellore dt) and Ariyalur 7 each.

The other chief amounts of rainfall recorded in centimeters are:

Tadepalligudem and Polavaram (both West Godavari dt), Narsapur, Lakkireddipalli (Cuddapah dt), K. R. Nagara (Mysore dt), Thiruvananthapuram, Cuddalore, Arakonam and Sholingur (both Vellore dt), Pappireddipatti (Dharmapuri dt), Sankaridurg (Salem dt), Perundurai, Sathyamangalam and Gobichettipalayam (all Erode dt), Thruaiyur (Thiruchirapalli dt) and Mettupatti (Madurai dt) 6 each, Bapatla, Kaikalur (Krishna dt), Bhimavaram (West Godavari dt), Kalayandurg (Ananthapur dt), Kanakapura (Ramanagara dt), Kollegal (Chamrajnagar dt), Koppa (Chikmagalur dt), Honnali (Davanagere dt), Hallimysore (Hassan dt), Kudulu (Kasargode dt), Peermade (Idukki dt), Kollam, Maduranthagam (Kanchipuram dt), Tirukoilur (Villupuram dt), Puducherry airport, Alangayam (Vellore dt), Tirupattur, Vellore, Mettur Dam (Salem dt), Bhavani and Kodumudi (both Erode dt), Karur Paramathi and Periyakulam 5 each, Tada (Nellore dt, Nellore, Eluru and Tanuku (both West Godavari dt), Kakinada, Nuzvid (Krishna dt), Pamidi and Gooty (both Ananthapur dt), Srikalahasthi and Venkatagiri Kota (both Chittoor dt), Pavgada and Y. N. Hoskote (both Tumkur dt), Hoskote (Bangalore Rural dt), Bhagamandala (Kodagu dt), Bangarpet (Kolar dt), Vythiri (Wynad dt), Perinthalamanna (Malapuram dt), Pallipattu and Thiruvalangadu (both Thiruvallur dt), Tiruttani, Virudhachalam (Cuddalore dt), Ulundurpet (Villupuram dt), Vedaranyam, Pamban, Anchetty, Penukondapuram and Thali (all Krishnagir dt), Hogenakkal (Dharmapuri dt), Salem, Thammampatti (Salem dt), Erode, Periyar Dam (Theni dt) and Jayamkondam (Ariyalur dt) 4 each, Hirekerur (Haveri dt), Panambur, Madapura and Napoklu (both Kodagu dt), Krishnarajasagara (Mandya dt), Kanjirapally (Kottayam dt), Munnar (Idukki dt), Koderu (West Godavari dt), Peddapuram and Amalapuram (both East Godavari dt), Sullurpet (Nellore dt), Puttur and Palamaner (both Chittoor dt), Aragyavaram, Chittoor, Poonamalle, Ramakrishnarajupet and Korattur (all Thiruvallur dt), Srimushnam (Cuddalore dt), Tindivanam (Villupuram dt), Karaikal, Madukkur and Pattukottai (both Thanjavur dt), Nannilam (Tiruvaur dt), Nagapattinam, Palacode and Pennagaram (both Dharmapuri dt), Kundha Bridge (Nilgiris dt), Karur, Mayanur (Karur dt), Lalgudi (Tiruchirapalli dt), Madurai airport, Peraiyur (Madurai dt), Vaniyambadi (Vellore dt) and Vembavur (Perambalur dt) 3 each, Manjeri (Malapuram dt), Mannarkkad (Palakkad dt), Alapuzha, Aryankavu (Kollam dt), Bandipura (Chamrajpura dt), Jayapura (Chikmagalur dt), Basaralu and K. R. Pet (both Mandya dt), Sargur (Mysore dt), Humchadakatte (Shimoga dt), Addanki (Prakasam dt), Guntur, Repalle (Guntur dt), Anakapalle and Elamanchilli (both Visakhapatnam dt), Bhimadole (West Godavari dt), Gudivada (Krishna dt), Kalingapatnam, Gudur (Nellore dt), Ananthapur, Pulivendala and Vempalli (both Cuddapah dt), Kuppam, Punganur and Thambalapalle (all Chittoor dt), Chennai airport, Cheyyur, Mahabalipuram and Uthiramerur (all Kanchipuram dt), Cholavaram, Poondi and Red Hills (all Thiruvallur dt), Sethiyathope and Panruti (both Cuddalore dt), Marakkanam and Vanur (both Villupuram dt), Papanasam and Thiruvidaimarudhur (both Thanjavur dt), Ambur (Vellore dt), Dharmapuri, Barur, Rayakottai, Shoolagiri and Uthangarai (all Krishnagiri dt), Attur and Vazhapadi (both Salem dt), Valparai, Mulanur (Tiruppur dt), Gudalur Bazaar (Nilgiris dt), Musiri (Thiruchirapalli dt), Madurai, Gudalur (Theni dt), Kodaikanal and Rameshwaram (Ramanathapuram dt) 2 each, Chennai, Chengalpattu, Sriperumpudur, Tiruvallur, Tamaraipakka, Kattumannarkoil, Parangipettai, Adiramapatnam, Kumbakonam, Tiruvaiyaru, Thanjavur, Mayiladuthurai, Sirkali, Tarangambadi, Aranthangi, Kovilpatti, Gudiyatham, Melalathur, Denkanikottai, Hosur, Tiruppur, Kangeyam, Dharapuram, Naduvattam, Uthagamandalam, Kulithalai, Padallur, Chettikulam, Samayapuram, Chittampatti, Andipatti, Bodinayakanur, Virudhunagar, Vinjamur (Nellore dt), Atchampet (Guntur dt), Udayagiri (Nellore dt), Ongole, Visakhapatnam, Atmakur (Nellore dt), Mangalagiri and Sattenapalli (both Guntur dt), Gannavaram, Avanigadda and Nandigama (all Krishna dt), Gajapathinagaram (Vizianagaram dt), Seetharamapuram (Nellore dt), Chintalapudi (West Godavari dt), Narsipatnam (Visakhapatnam dt), Satyavedu (Chittur dt), Madakasira (Ananthapur dt), Proddatur, Muddanur, Rayachoty and Porumamilla (all Cuddappah dt), Koilkuntla (Kurnool dt), Pakala and Kalakada (both Chittur dt), Owk (Kurnool dt), Mananthavady (Wayanad dt), Kayamkulam and Mavelikara and Haripad (all Alapuzha dt) Madikeri, Somwarpet (Kodagu dt), Honakere (Mandya dt), Mysore, Madhugiri (Tumkur dt) 1 each.

Gulbarga, Cuddapah, Nandyal and medak recorded the highest maximum temperature of 38 degree Celsius in the region.

Chennai - Received Drizzles and sharp showers ALL night and even now 8:53am it's drizzling in some parts.


Showers will continue over N. Tamilnadu, entire Kerala for another 48 hrs... Some of the showers will be Very Heavy with Lightning .


Raining All night long over 80% of Kerala, Tamilnadu, S. Karnataka and S. Andhra ...http://ow.ly/i/aG6Q