இந் ய அர GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

இந் ய வானிைல ஆய் ைற INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT

மண்டல வானிைல ஆய் ைமயம் Regional Meteorological Centre
6, கல் ரி சாைல, No. 6, College Road,
ெசன்ைன – 600006 Chennai–600006
ெதாைலேப : 044- 28271951 Phone: 044- 28271951

DATE: Wednesday, December 18, 2024 (27 Agrahayana 1946 SAKA) Time of issue: 1330 Hrs IST

REGIONAL DAILY WEATHER REPORT

SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGICAL FEATURE:

Yesterday’s Low Pressure Area over Southwest Bay of Bengal with the associated cyclonic
circulation extending upto 5.8 km above mean sea level has become more marked and now lies as a
Well Marked Low Pressure Area over the same region. It is likely to move nearly northwestwards
towards North Tamil Nadu and South Andhra Pradesh coast during next 24 hours. Thereafter, it is
likely to move nearly northwards along Andhra Pradesh coast in subsequent 24 hours.

SUMMARY OF OBSERVATIONS RECORDED AT 0830 HRS IST:

Rainfall occurred at a few places over Lakshadweep area and Coastal Andhra Pradesh; one or two
places over Tamilnadu, Kerala and Rayalaseema. Light rain occurred over Puducherry and Yanam. Dry
weather prevailed over Karaikal area, Mahe, Karnataka and Telangana.

CHIEF AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN CENTIMETERS:

TAMILNADU& PUDUCHERRY: Rajapalayam (dist Virudhunagar) 9, Srivilliputhur (dist

Virudhunagar) 7, Watrap (dist Virudhunagar) 5, Sivakasi (dist Virudhunagar), Balamore (dist
Kanyakumari) 2 each, Kaveripakkam (dist Ranipet), Pechiparai (dist Kanyakumari), Chittar-I (dist
Kanyakumari), Pilavakkal_Periyar Dam (dist Virudhunagar), Pechiparai AWS (dist Kanyakumari),
Perunchani Dam (dist Kanyakumari), Palar Anicut (dist Ranipet), Puthan Dam (dist Kanyakumari) 1
each.
KERALA : Peermade (dist Idukki) 3

LAKSHADWEEP: Minicoy (dist Lakshadweep) 1.

COASTAL ANDHRA PRADESH & YANAM: Denkada (dist Vizianagaram) 3, Vizianagaram (dist
Vizianagaram) 2, Narsapuram (dist West Godavari) 1, Bheemunipatnam (dist Vishakhapatnam) 1,
Pusapatirega (dist Vizianagaram) 1, Ranastalam (dist Srikakulam) 1, Addanki (dist Bapatla) 1,
Visakhapatnam (dist Vishakhapatnam) 1, Nellimarla (dist Vizianagaram) 1, Visakhapatnam Ap (dist
Vishakhapatnam) 1, Kakinada (dist Kakinada) 1.

RAYALASEEMA: Muddanur (dist Ysr District) 1, Jammalamadugu (dist Ysr District) 1, Proddutur
(dist Ysr District) 1.
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (24 HOURS CHANGE):
Markedly fall (-4.1o C or less) At isolated places over Coastal Karnataka.
Appreciable fall (-2.1o C to -4.0o) At isolated places over Tamilnadu and Kerala.
Appreciable rise (2.1 o C to 4.0o) At a few places over South Interior Karnataka, Coastal
Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema and Telangana.
At isolated places over Tamilnadu.
Markedly rise (4.1o c or more) At a few places over Rayalaseema
At isolated places over South Interior Karnataka and Coastal
Andhra Pradesh.
o o
No large change (-2.0 C to 2.0 C) Over the rest of the subdivision.

MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (DEPARTURE):

Markedly above normal ------------
(5.1 ° C or more)
Appreciably above Normal At many places over Rayalaseema.
(3.1° C to 5.0 ° C) At isolated places over Tamilnadu, Coastal Andhra Pradesh
Above Normal (1.6 °C to 3.0 °C) At a few places over Coastal Andhra Pradesh
At isolated places over Tamilnadu, Kerala, South Interior
Karnataka and Telangana.
Below normal (-1.6 ° to -3.0 ° C) At a few places over Coastal Karnataka and North Interior
Karnataka.
At isolated places over Tamilnadu, Kerala and Telangana.
Appreciably below normal At many places over
(- 3.1° C to –5.0°C) At a few places over North Interior Karnataka.
At isolated places over Tamilnadu, South Interior Karnataka
and Telangana.
Markedly below normal At isolated places over Coastal Karnataka and North Interior
(- 5.0° C or less) Karnataka.
Normal (-1.5° C to 1.5° C) Over the rest of the subdivision.
RAINFALL FORECAST FOR NEXT 7 DAYS
Met Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7
Subdivision (18.12.2024) (19.12.2024) (20.12.2024) (21.12.2024) (22.12.2024) (23.12.2024) (24.12.2024)
Tamilnadu, ISOL SCT
(NCTN-SCT; (NCTN-FWS; ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL
PDC & KKL
RTN-ISOL) RTN-ISOL)
Kerala and
ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL
Mahe
Lakshadweep SCT SCT SCT DRY DRY DRY DRY
Coastal
DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY ISOL
Karnataka
North
Interior DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY
Karnataka
South
Interior DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY ISOL ISOL
Karnataka
Coastal
Andhra
FWS FWS FWS SCT ISOL ISOL ISOL
Pradesh &
Yanam
Rayalaseema SCT SCT SCT ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL

Telangana DRY ISOL ISOL DRY DRY DRY DRY

 HEAVY RAINFALL WARNING
Heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places over Chennai, Tiruvallur,
Day1 (18.12.2024)
Chengalpattu districts of Tamilnadu, Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema.
Heavy to very heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places over Coastal Andhra
Day 2 (19.12.2024) Pradesh.
Heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places over Rayalaseema.
Day 3 (20.12.2024) Heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places over Coastal Andhra Pradesh.

THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Day 1 (18.12.2024)
Thunderstorm & lightning is likely to occur at one or two places over Coastal
&
Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema.
Day 2 (19.12.2024)

FOG WARNING
Day 1 (18.12.2024)
Shallow to moderate fog/mist is very likely to occur at isolated pockets over
to
Interior Karnataka.
Day 3 (20.12.2024)

MIST/HAZE WARNING
Day 1 (18.12.2024)
& Mist/Haze is likely to prevail at isolated pockets of Telangana.
Day 2 (19.12.2024)

WIND WARNING
Surface winds, strong and gusty at times, speed reaching 35 to 45 kmph is
Day 1 (18.12.2024)
likely over North Coastal areas of Tamilnadu, Puducherry and Karaikal area.

LOCAL FORECAST FOR CHENNAI CITY AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

Day 1 (18.12.2024) Day 2 (19.12.2024)
Maximum Temperature Around 26°C. Around 27°C.
Minimum Temperature Around 23°C. 23-24°C.
Sky Condition Generally cloudy Partly cloudy
Moderate to Heavy rain is likely to
occur. Strong Surface winds speed
Weather Moderate rain is likely to occur.
reaching 35 to 45 kmph likely at
times.
24 Hour Rainfall Moderate to Heavy rain. Moderate rain.

P. SENTHAMARAI KANNAN
SCIENTIST ‘F’
For Deputy Director General of Meteorology,

Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai

 OBSERVATIONS RECORDED AT 0830 HRS IST OF: Wednesday, December 18, 2024 (27 Agrahayana
1946)
TEMPERATURE CHN RELATIVE CHN RAINFALL CHN
CHN CHN
(Degree Celsius) AP HUMIDITY CHN AP (mm) AP
Max. Past 24 hrs. 27.2 27.2 At 0830 hrs. IST 90 84 Past 24 hours tr tr
Dep. From
-1.9 -1.9 Dep. From normal 10 3 Since 01.10.2024 980.3 959.5
normal
At 1730 hrs. IST on
Min. past 24 hrs. 23.3 22.4 74 67 Dep. From normal 175.9 162.5
17.12.2024
Dep. From
1.1 0.7 Dep. From normal 3 -2
normal
At 0830 hrs. IST 24.7 25.0
OBSERVATIONS RECORDED AT 0830 HRS IST OF DATE:18-12-2024 (27 Agrahayana 1946SAKA )
Temperature Degrees Humidity
Rainfall
celsius percentage
Maximum Minimum At Millimeters Centimeters
Dep.
Past Dep. Past Dep. 0830 Past Seasons Departure Year's Weather
Stations from Annual
24 from 24 from Hrs 24 total from total remarks
normal normal
Hrs normal Hrs normal IST Hrs from normal from
oC oC oC oC 1-10- 1-1-
% % mm mm cm
2024 2024
Adiramapattinam 29.6 0.1 23.1 1.4 83 -3 0.0 853.6 219.3 141 124
Chennai 27.2 -1.9 23.3 1.1 90 10 tr 980.3 175.9 176 140 d*
Chennai_AP 27.2 -1.9 22.4 0.7 84 3 tr 959.5 162.5 179 138 m*
Coimbatore_AP 31.4 2.2 20.2 0.6 74 -9 0.0 438.0 149.4 79 59 z*
Coonoor 22.8 2.9 12.2 1.2 69 -7 0.0 783.4 -42.6 192 159
Cuddalore 27.4 -1.6 21.4 -0.3 90 3 0.6 1050.6 234.7 169 134 r*
Dharmapuri 26.7 -0.9 19.8 1.6 83 -1 0.0 615.0 309.0 115 91
Erode 32.2 0.7 16.5 -4.2 79 7 0.0 412.8 -- 82 -- z*
Kanyakumari 33.0 2.6 24.0 0.1 86 12 tr 290.8 -80.5 88 75 d*
KarurParamathi 31.5 2.7 18.0 -1.7 88 1 0.0 483.4 174.6 97 59
Karaikal 27.4 -1.2 23.2 0.3 91 5 0.0 1345.5 416.3 185 150
Kodaikanal 21.9 4.9 9.3 -0.2 36 -41 0.0 678.7 92.6 168 158
Madurai_City 31.8 0.9 22.2 0.7 84 6 0.0 517.6 -- 95 --
Madurai_AP 32.7 2.7 22.5 0.6 90 13 0.0 400.8 52.9 74 85 m*
Nagapattinam 27.3 -1.7 23.2 0.1 85 -3 tr 1128.2 231.0 165 143 d*
Namakkal 32.4 -- NA -- NA -- NA -- -- -- --
Palayamkottai 30.6 0.9 25.1 2.3 93 9 0.0 468.4 16.2 83 73
Pamban 28.2 -0.6 24.4 0.0 81 -4 0.0 915.0 280.2 128 91
Parangipettai 29.0 -- 23.5 -- 85 -- 0.0 887.6 -6.7 135 139
Puducherry 27.3 -2.1 22.4 1.2 90 1 1.2 1182.9 396.6 197 134 r*
Salem 28.8 -1.4 20.5 0.7 86 8 0.0 684.9 380.1 145 102 z*
Thanjavur 29.0 -- 23.2 -- 81 -- 0.0 476.0 -71.1 78 95
Thirupattur 25.6 -2.7 21.4 3.6 71 -13 0.0 497.2 242.0 117 95
Tiruchirappalli_AP 28.1 -1.4 23.4 1.9 84 2 tr 644.3 273.0 114 87 d*
Tiruthani 28.0 -0.9 21.0 1.5 80 -2 0.8 532.2 88.7 132 101 r*
Tondi 29.5 -0.2 24.0 1.6 80 -3 0.0 629.5 133.1 122 88
Thoothukudi 31.8 2.2 24.8 2.1 82 -4 0.0 619.0 135.7 90 63
Udagamandalam 24.6 3.7 8.6 0.2 48 -22 0.0 386.6 23.3 131 116
Valparai 28.0 1.2 12.5 -0.3 91 5 0.0 790.0 379.0 431 290
Vellore 28.3 -0.3 22.4 4.2 91 2 tr 505.8 142.8 124 103 d*
*Weather at 0830 hours IST. Other remarks refer to preceding 24 hours. NA-Not avble D-Duststorm l-
Lightning d-drizzle m-mist s-snow r-rain h-hail f-fog p-shower z-haze t-thunderstorm tr-rainfall not
measurable. Tr-rainfall 0.01 to 0.49 cm AP-Airport plus sign omitted when departures above normal.

76-100 Widespread (WS/ most places)

51-75 Fairly Widespread (FWS/ many places)
26-50 Scattered (SCT/ few places)
1 -25 Isolated (ISOL/ one or two places)
Legends:
North Tamil Nadu Chennai, Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, Tiruvallur, Cuddalore, Villupuram,
(NTN) districts Tirupattur, Vellore, Ranipet, Kallakurichi, Tiruvannamalai, Krishnagiri,
Dharmapuri, Salem, Namakkal, Karur, Erode, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur,
Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Pudukottai, Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Tiruppur,
Tiruchirapalli, Ariyalur, Perambalur.
South Tamil Nadu Dindigul, Theni, Virudhunagar, Madurai, Sivagangai, Ramanathapuram,
(STN) districts Thoothukudi, Thenkasi, Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari.
Interior Tamil Nadu Tirupattur, Vellore, Ranipet, Kallakurichi, Tiruvannamalai, Kancheepuram,
(ITN) districts Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Salem, Namakkal, Karur, Erode, Nilgiris, Coimbatore,
Tiruppur, Tiruchirapalli, Ariyalur, Perambalur, Sivagangai, Virudhunagar, Theni,
Dindigul, Madurai, Thenkasi.
North interior Tamil Tirupattur, Vellore, Ranipet, Kallakurichi, Tiruvannamalai, Kancheepuram,
Nadu (NITN) Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Salem, Namakkal, Karur, Erode, Nilgiris, Coimbatore,
districts Tiruppur, Tiruchirapalli, Ariyalur, Perambalur.
South interior Tamil Sivagangai, Virudhunagar, Theni, Dindigul, Madurai, Thenkasi.
Nadu (SITN) districts
Coastal Tamil Nadu Tiruvallur, Chennai, Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur,
(CTN) districts Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Pudukottai, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi,
Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari.
North Coastal Tamil Tiruvallur, Chennai, Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur,
Nadu (NCTN) Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Pudukottai.
districts
South Coastal Tamil Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari.
Nadu (SCTN)
districts
Delta Districts Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Pudukottai and Karaikal
area.

Delta and Adjoining Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Pudukottai, Karaikal and
districts Tiruchirapalli, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Cuddalore.

Western Ghat Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Theni, Dindigul, Thenkasi, Virudhunagar

districts

PDC Puducherry and Karaikal

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