IMD chennai report for 25-May

Rainfall occurred at many places over Kerala and at a few places over Lakshadweep. Isolated rainfall occurred over Tamil Nadu and Coastal Karnataka. Mainly dry weather prevailed over coastal Andhra Pradesh and South Interior Karnataka and dry weather prevailed over Rayalaseema, Telangana and North Interior Karnataka.

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The following stations recorded very heavy-to-heavy rainfall in Centimetres:

Aluva (Ernakulam dt) 14, Kanjirapally (Kottayam dt) 8 and Kochi airport and Kottayam 7 each.

The other chief amounts of rainfall recorded in Centimetres:

Aminidivi 5, Kozhikode, Piravom (Ernakulam dt), Kayamkulam (Alapuzha dt) 4 each, Vadakara (Kozhikode dt), Haripad (Alapuzha dt), Vaikom (Kottayam dt) 3 each, Pechiparai (Kanyakumari dt), Perumbavoor (Ernakulam dt), Chengannur (Alapuzha dt) and Minicoy 2 each and Kuzhithurai and Boothapandi (both Kanyakumari dt), Devala (Nilgiris dt), Vadakkancherry (Thrissur dt), CIAL Kochi, Mancompu (Alapuzha dt), Kozha (Kottayam dt), Punalur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thiruvananthapuram airport, Nedumangad (Thiruvananthapuram dt) and Mulki (Dakshina Kannada dt) 1 each.

 Heat wave conditions prevailed over parts of Telangana.

 On Tuesday, the maximum temperature rose appreciably at one or two places over Tamil Nadu, rose at one or two places over Coastal Andhrapradesh, Telangana, fell at one or two places over Coastal Karnataka and changed little elsewhere over the region.

     They were  markedly above normal at one or two places over Telangana, coastal Andhra Pradesh, North Coastal Tamil Nadu, Coastal Karnataka, appreciably above normal at one or two places over rest Tamil Nadu, rest coastal Andhra Pradesh, rest Coastal Karnataka, below normal at one or two places over South interior Karnataka, Kerala and were generally normal over rest of the region.

 Ramagundam, Nizamabad and Adilabad recorded the highest maximum temperature of 47 degree Celsius in the region.