Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam

Yesterday saw most parts of Tamil Nadu dry with isolated rains over a few places.  Tiruvottiyur got 9 mm as reported by our fellow blogger Velayudham.  Parts of North Chennai received passing showers in the evening with Southwest Monsoon pretty much inactive across the country

After a few days of rainy weather yesterday saw extremely isolated rains over few places Red Hills, Puzhal & Tiruvottiyur.  Localized thunderstorm development gave these areas rains in the afternoon while most parts of the city had a dry day

Last evening many areas of Chennai received rains with the IMD Weather station in Nungambakkam receiving 5.5 mm of rains.  Many places over North Tamil Nadu received heavy rains with Chetpet, Vandavasi, Sriperumbudhur & Walajahpet receiving more than 50 mm rains during the evening & night.

In what was welcome relief Heavy spell of rains lashed Chennai & surrounding areas around Midnight.  While some isolated spells of rains happened around evening, as the night came on the good times began for Chennai once again with the developing thunderstorms converging near the Chennai coast resulting in an intense spell of rains for…