Rainfall data for 24hrs ending at 8:30 AM, 17-Dec-09

Northeast monsoon has been vigorous over Tamil Nadu and active over Rayalaseema.
Rainfall occurred at many places over Tamil Nadu and Rayalaseema and at a few places over Coastal Andhra Pradesh. Isolated rainfall occurred over Kerala, Coastal and South Interior Karnataka. Mainly dry weather prevailed over Telangana and North Interior Karnataka. Dry weather prevailed over Lakshadweep.
The following stations recorded heavy rainfall in centimetres.

Orathanadu and Vallam (both Thanjavur dt) 11 each, Alangudi (Pudukottai dt) 10, Parangipettai 9, Vedaranyam and Thirumayam (Pudukottai dt) 8 each and Thozhudur (Cuddalore dt), Aranthangi and Arimalam (both Pudukottai dt) and Cheyyar (Thiruvannamalai dt) 7 each.



The other chief amounts of rainfall recorded in centimetres are:

Kanchipuram, Valangaiman and Kodavasal (both Thanjavur dt), Tondi and Ambasamuthiram (Thirunelveli dt) 6 each, Rapur (Nellore dt), Ongole, Maduranthagam (Kanchipuram dt), Adiramapattinam, Pattukottai (Thanjavur dt), Polur (Thiruvannamalai dt), Ariyalur, Jayamkondam (Ariyalur dt), Chettikulam (Perambalur dt) and Periyar Dam (Theni dt) 5 each, Chengalpattu (Kanchipuram dt), Chidambaram (Cuddalore dt), Cuddalore, Kallakurichi and Vanur (both Villupuram dt), Karaikal, Kumbakonam, Thiruvidaimaruthur, Thirukattupalli and Thiruvaiyaru (all Thanjavur dt), Mannargudi and Muthupet (both Thiruvarur dt), Sirkali and Tarangambadi (both Nagapattinam dt), Karambakudi (Pudukottai dt), Pudukottai, Chengam and Sathanur Dam (both Thiruvannamalai dt), Ambur and Vaniyambadi (both Vellore dt) and Tirupathur (Sivagangai dt) 4 each, Seetharamapuram, Vinjamur, Udayagiri and Atmakur (all Nellore dt), Nellore, Rayachoti, Rajampet and Pulivendala (all Cuddapah dt), Cheyyur and Uthiramerur (both Kanchipuram dt), Sethiyathope and Srimushnam (both Cuddalore dt), Gingee, Thirukoilur and Ulundurpet (all Villupuram dt), Puducherry Airport, Madukkur and Papanasam (both Thanjavur dt), Thanjavur, Nannilam and Needamangalam (both Thiruvarur dt), Thiruvarur, Kollidam and Mayiladuthurai (both Nagapattinam dt), Perungalur (Pudukottai dt), Manamelkudi, Manimutharu (Thirunelveli dt), Thiruvannamalai, Alangayam and Gudiyatham (both Vellore dt), Coonoor, Perambalur, Vembavur (Perambalur dt), Pullambadi (Thiruchirapalli dt), Karaikudi and Thiruppuvanam (both Sivagangai dt) 3 each and Kavali, Podili (Prakasam dt), Gudur (Nellore dt), Koilakuntala (Kurnool dt), Badvel (Cuddapah dt), Virudhachalam and Panruti (both Cuddalore dt), Villupuram, Thiruthuraipoondi (Thiruvarur dt), Gandarvakottai and Keeranur (both Pudukottai dt), Pechiparai (Kanyakumari dt), Arani (Thiruvannamalai dt), Arakonam and Melalathur (both Vellore dt), Tirupattur, Harur (Dharmapuri dt), Valparai, Ketti (Nilgiris dt), Uthagamandalam, Devakottai (Sivagangai dt), Sivagangai and Palani (Dindigul dt) 2 each and Darsi, Addanki and Cumbum (all Prakasam dt), Venkatagiri Town (Nellore dt), Guntur, Satenapalli (Guntur dt), Vempalli, Lakkireddipalli, Kamalapuram and Prodattur (all Cuddapah dt), Tirupathi Airport, Owk and Srisailam (both Kurnool dt), Tiruvananthapuram Airport, M.M. Hills (Chamarajanagar dt), Pavagada (Tumkur dt), Sriperumpudur (Kanchipuram dt), Tambaram, Pallipattu, Ramakrishnarajupet, Poondi, Red Hills and Thamaraipakkam (all Thiruvallur dt), Tiruttani, Thiruvallur, Kattumannarkoil (Cuddalore dt), Sankarapuram and Tindivanam (both Villupuram dt), Grand Anaicut (Thanjavur dt), Nagapattinam, Illuppur (Pudukottai dt), Kadaladi and Thiruvadanai (both Ramanathapuram dt), Vilathikulam (Tuticorin dt), Vanthavasi (Thiruvannamalai dt), Sholingur and Walajahpet (both Vellore dt), Vellore, Pappireddipatty (Dharmapuri dt), Krishnagiri, Mangalapuram (Namakkal dt), Thammampatti (Salem dt), Kundha Bridge (Nilgiris dt), Lalgudi, Samayapuram and Thuraiyur (all Thiruchirapalli dt), Thiruchirapalli Airport, Thiruchirapalli, Chittampatti (Madurai dt), Periyakulam, Manamadurai (Sivagangai dt) and Kodaikanal 1 each.

90% of Tamilnadu is having high cloud cover today with NO rain , except some coastal zone along North TN .. http://yfrog.com/6mg94j

RT @amiya001: Chennai is chilling now....i am enjoying the rain

Chennai - Today at present we are experiencing the lowest DAY time temperature of this year-2009 .. 22.8°C , 3:02pm

Tamilnadu at it's very end of North-east Monsoon.. today's showers may be the LAST.

Chennai - After some mild showers from morning.. now we have just mild drizzles... Rainrate will go down rapidly towards evening.

http://yfrog.com/33betj ... Only time window left for this system to regain strength is till 7pm IST today (17-Dec-09)

Last remnant of LOW pressure system is dying fast just south-east of Chennai .. http://yfrog.com/33betj

Chennai - a cold morning 22.1°C (6:13am) after a day without sunlight.

Chennai - All night had some mild steady drizzles, Very heavy showers forecast for Chennai as well .. http://yfrog.com/4i1i2p