Chennai: The Met office has forecast rains for Chennai coastal districts in the next two days. Heavy rain is also likely to occur in Cuddalore, Villupuram, Mayiladuthurai and Cauvery delta districts.
Chengalpattu and Kancheepuram, besides Puducherry and Karaikal would be receiving rains.
S Balachandran, Deputy Director-General of Meteorology said, the interaction of the easterly winds at lower level and westerly winds at upper level has brought rains to the city. Weather bloggers said none expected such a massive outpour in the city.
Blogger K Srikanth said, such short intense spells are highly difficult to predict. There was a bit of wind convergence and the influence of western disturbance at mid-tropospheric level led to these rains.
‘There have been such episodes in the past too. In November, we saw the city receiving 20 cm of rains on a single day. In November, we had a few weather models that did predict such heavy spells, but on Thursday, none expected such a pounding,’ he said.