Chennai experienced its second-highest May rainfall on record, with 67mm till Tuesday morning. A low-pressure system is expected to intensify, bringing more rain and high winds to the city and coastal Tamil Nadu.
Chennai recorded 67 mm of rainfall till 8.30 a.m. on Tuesday, making it the second highest for a single day in the month of May. The well-marked low-pressure area lying over Sri Lanka and adjoining Gulf of Mannar and southwest Bay of Bengal had brought rains to many other parts of the State too. The system is likely to move towards north Tamil Nadu coast and intensify into a depression by Wednesday, according to the Meteorological Department.
The city recorded 109.7 mm of rainfall on May 20, 2010.
According to Skymet, a private weather forecaster, the intensity of rain is likely to increase in a few parts of the city from May 17, accompanied by high-velocity winds over Chennai and other coastal areas.
R. Pradeep John, who runs the blog Tamil Nadu Weatherman, stated that movement of massive rain bands towards southern Tamil Nadu from southwest Bay of Bengal has been witnessed. Due to this, the delta region, Gulf of Mannar and southern Tamil Nadu have been put under rain alert and Chennai might receive heavy rain, earlier than expected, in the coming weeks, including showers on the day of the Assembly election.