After day-long rains over Chennai and surrounding districts on Sunday, the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) here has forecast heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places over Chennai, Chengalpattu and Kancheepuram districts for Monday.
P. Senthamarai Kannan, Director, Area Cyclone Warning Centre, RMC, Chennai, said convergence of southeast winds with those from the northeast and a cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal is bringing in the rains over the city.
“The rains will not be torrential as it was during the Cyclone Michaung but it will rain throughout the night. It would be light to moderate. Cumulatively the quantum of rain is likely to be heavy or very heavy,” he explained.
