Gear up to face abnormal temperatures in Tamil Nadu

Chennai: The well-marked low pressure, which was expected to bring solace to dry Tamil Nadu, played spoilsport on Friday. As the low pressure had re-curved towards the Myanmar coast, Tamil Nadu cannot expect to get any rainfall in the next three days, say weather experts. In fact, the state would witness abnormal temperatures from next week due to the re-curve activity.

According to the officials from the Regional Meteorological Centre, the trough of low pressure, which intensified as a well-marked low pressure on Friday over the Central Bay of Bengal is moving North East. “It is very likely to concentrate into a depression during the next 36 hours and further intensify during subsequent 24 hours. However, as the system is likely to move northeast, there are no chances of the state receiving any rain due to its impact,” said an official.

Due to the re-curve of the system, the maximum temperatures in the state would rise 3 to 4 degrees above normal, said Keaweather blogger, S. Chandramouli. “Due to the re-curve activity, winds would be drawn from the land, due to which abnormal high temperatures would be witnessed,” he added. Do not expect Chennai to remain cloudy like Friday, as the state capital would also witness abnormal temperatures from Monday. “As high level clouds had reached Chennai due to the cyclone steering winds, Friday was cloudy. But, temperatures would start escalating,” the blogger said, adding that rains were possible in the interior Tamil Nadu districts, due to the convection activity from Tuesday.