Chennai - 10:11pm, heavy rain over Polichalur zone for the past 10min
Chennai - 11:36pm, more heavy rain approaching city from West. Now nearing Tiruvallur, Poonamalle zones! Around 45km from city!

~~ update at 12:20pm, 17-Aug ~~
#Chennai - 8:30am rainfall stats, Airport = 36mm and Numgambakkam = 31.8mm

#Chennai - region rainfall accumulation map shows HEAVY rain over S-W suburbs of city, West of city, Chengelpet zone http://ow.ly/i/2U0Qo 

8:30pm, Tamilnadu update

8:30pm, Heavy showers sweeping N-E,central coast Tamilnadu now ... http://ow.ly/i/2TCCl 

8:30pm, Heavy rain over kanchipuram town... 70km S-W from #Chennai. And more rain seen over W,S-W from city and nearing suburbs.
#Chennai - 8:51pm, Showers expected to reach S,S-W,W. suburbs in next 30/45 min. Now Moon can be seen clearly over Pallavaram zone.

Weather at 7pm

7pm, HEAVY rain over Punjab, N,N-E.Rajasthan, E.Madhyapradesh, S,central Chatisgarh, N-E.Andhra.
7pm, Showers also seen over central Tamilnadu, E.Maharastra, Jharkhand and W,N.Odisha.. http://ow.ly/i/2TzT5 

Davangere - 3:36pm, "More rain activity since yesterday evening, now very cloudy and drizzling"

#Chennai - 7:50pm, a band of moderate "may" reach Chengelpet and Tambaram zone. Now around 100km W-S-W from city.

RT @neoashish: @weatherofindia  #Allahabad city - continuous Drizzling since 4 p.m. (7:58pm)

RT @ganpatteli1: thundering and lightening in #delhi. Heavy rain is expected @weatherofindia (8:10pm)

Heavy rain over S-W Punjab

Kabarwala, S-W.Punjab - "100mm rain in less than hour from 4:30pm..in my village kabarwala !" "Flash flood situations now" "115mm in Malout" 

Bangalore - 3:16pm, Chennai - 4pm "Rain"

RT @axpn: Heavy Rains lashing Bangalore now @weatherofindia (3:16pm)

#Chennai - 4:04pm, Drizzle in Pallavaram zone and sharp showers now over S-W,S suburbs of city.

RT @vigneshmohan: @weatherofindia Heavy Rains over Taramani Region :)  #Chennai (4:25pm)

2pm, Raining over central,N-E.Andhra, #Delhi, W.Uttarpradesh

2pm, Heavy rain N-E,central-coast Andhra, Karnataka coast, N-E.Madhyapradesh, S,W,N-W.Uttarpradesh http://ow.ly/i/2Tri3 
2pm, Showers also seen over S,N.Punjab, Haryana, #Delhi, N,N-W.Rajasthan, N-central.Jharkhand.. http://ow.ly/i/2Tri3

Yesterday's low,mid level W-central Bay circulation is seen near N-E.Andhra coast ... http://ow.ly/i/2Trmj 
The upper level circulation is seen near S.Andhra coast and #Chennai ... http://ow.ly/i/2TrpC 















The upper level circulation is expected to move along S-E coast and reach N.Odisha coast, N.Bay on 17,18-Aug.
A LOW pressure system is expected over N.Bay along S.Bengal, S.Bangladesh on 17-Aug.

#Chennai - 3pm, cloudy and a warm day so far. Moderate rain seen over W-S-W at around 60km from city and moving towards W,S-W suburbs.

RT @ganpatteli1: @weatherofindia heavy rain in #Delhi (9:17am)

Forecast for Andhra coast, #Chennai, Karnataka, Kerala, #Delhi

During next 24hrs from now(12am) .. Heavy, Very Heavy rain expected along S,central.Andhra coast ... http://ow.ly/i/2T8OQ 

Heavy rains also expected to push into central,N-E.Andhra as during next 24hs.

During next 8hrs, Showers also expected over N,N-E,central-coast Tamilnadu ... http://ow.ly/i/2T91U 
#Chennai - After a long break from 9am, 15-Aug... city can expect moderate rain in next 8hrs.

The circulation along central Andhra coast is expected to drift up to N-E.Andhra coast by late evening today.
Heavy rains will start opening up over N-E.Andhra as well from late noon today.

This Andhra coast circulation, trough will activate heavy rains along Karnataka coast, N,central Kerala during next 24hrs.

In next 24hrs, moderate rains expected over N,N-E.Rajasthan, #Delhi, S.Haryana, W.Uttarpradesh.
As the W.Rajasthan circulation persists, more showers ahead for W,S-W.Rajasthan and into adjoining Pakistan zones in next 24hrs.

12am, RADAR shows .. rains persisting over S,central Andhra coast (Nellore, north of it) .. and Heavy rains sweeping zones S-W of Puducherry