The northeast monsoon is expected to set in over the State between October 23 and 25.
With the southwest monsoon retreating gradually over parts of Karnataka and Telangana, conditions are turning favourable for the onset of the northeast monsoon, which provides a major share of Tamil Nadu’s annual rainfall.
While Tamil Nadu awaits monsoon reversal, the Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, has predicted that wet weather would continue over parts of the State till October 19. A cyclonic circulation over south Tamil Nadu and its neighbouring areas would bring light to moderate rain. Ghat areas of Coimbatore, Theni and Dindigul districts may experience heavy rainfall in isolated places on Monday, and rain of heavy intensity may cover more districts, including Salem, Dharmapuri, Madurai and Erode, on Tuesday.