October 31, 2016 at 11:16PM

Sharp showers over chennai. Egmore 10:07pm, Madipakkam 10:30pm, Polichalur at 10:44pm got 8.4mm. #weather

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So far NE Monsoon is weak along Tamilnadu coast, N Tamilnadu and #Chennai.

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Expected to be so during next 3 days !

Today till mid-morning, #Chennai suburbs, city experiences "scattered moderate / light rain".

Dry 2/3 days ahead !

5:30pm, Heavy scattered T showers again over S,SW Tamilnadu and into S Kerala .. https://d2jhuj1whasmze.cloudfront.net/photos/normal/ouZc0.jpg

Till 8:30am today..

HEAVY rain over W,SW,S Tamilnadu.

Udumalpet, Vadipatti = 12cm

Pollachi = 11cm

Pechiparai = 10cm .. https://d2jhuj1whasmze.cloudfront.net/photos/normal/ouZuk.jpg

Analysis show a strong easterlies has pushed into SE Bay and a weak low-level circulation seen over Andaman sea ... https://d2jhuj1whasmze.cloudfront.net/photos/normal/ouZTI.jpg

GFS expects a WML or even a Depression from this present circulation over S-central Bay on 2-Nov ... https://d2jhuj1whasmze.cloudfront.net/photos/normal/ov0wI.jpg

Towards Friday, GFS expects this upcoming circulation to become a Cyclone/Deep depression and track towards N Andhra / Odisha ! 

If "that" happens, most of Tamilnadu & Chennai will have DRY spell from 2-Nov to 7/8-Nov !

Meanwhile, scattered HEAVY T showers ahead for SW Karnataka, many zones of Kerala, W,SW,S-central,S Tamilnadu during next 36hrs... https://d2jhuj1whasmze.cloudfront.net/photos/normal/ov1lq.jpg

For N,central,coastal Tamilnadu, Chennai and S,central Andhra .. morning / mid-morning / noon "moderate, scattered rain" expected on 1-Nov.

October 31, 2016 at 07:47AM

Chennai - 7:45am, nice showers with thunder over NNW,NW,W suburbs. #weather

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