Two weather systems over the Bay of Bengal will influence fairly widespread rains over the State till the weekend. Heavy rains may batter one or two places in many districts till Friday.
The Regional Meteorological Centre attributed the rainfall to two weather systems that would largely influence fairly widespread rains, which indicates rains covering 75% of the weather stations, this week. Besides a cyclonic circulation persisting over Comorin area, another cyclonic circulation over Southwest Bay of Bengal off Tamil Nadu coast would trigger steady rains over the State and Puducherry. Another trough in easterly would also aid rains over the region.
Officials of the Meteorological Department said 13 districts in north and west TN, including Tiruvallur, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Coimbatore and Theni, is likely to receive heavy rains on Tuesday. The weather systems may dump rains of very heavy intensity up to 20.4 cm in one or two places over Tenkasi, Tirunelveli,Theni and Dindigul districts on Wednesday and Coimbatore and Nilgiris on Thursday.
