There has been a deluge of rain for almost 36 hours in Chennai!
Major rains started on the night of the 3rd western parts of the city, including the airport, got extremely heavy rains exceeding 20 cms other parts got very heavy rains during this period.
After 8:30 AM on the
7yrs of Chennai Floods. Life became standstill for many in single day.
Unforgettable days in my life. Proves poor and rich are nothing in front of nature.
#ChennaiRains
#ChennaiFloods
A big day awaits us! Stay safe my people..!
Will give you timely updates don't worry.
Request everyone not to venture out unnecessarily. Be safe be strong...
#ChennaiRains
#CycloneMichaung
Mind blowing shot of towering cumulonimbus clouds approaching Chennai city 😍⛈️
Vertical extent should be easily between >8-10kms in height.
Thanks for the wonderful shot 🙏
@Nandhakumardop
@ChennaiSpotting
Definitely deserves to be featured in media.
#ChennaiRains
No words to say! I am just stunned...😟
Mind boggling numbers coming from Manimuthar and Tiruchendhur crosses 500mm all in a span of 12-14hrs.
Honestly this is far far big than what Chennai has seen recently.
And the bad news is more deluge rains are expected Sincere
Finally, the worst rains are over! It's time for us to stay calm now.
Some light rains will continue sudden bursts are also possible but won't last longer.
It was an unforgettable day in life for Chennai Makkal! Hope
@chennaicorp
speeds up the evacuation and rescue activities.
Our next disturbance might come near Tamilnadu around the 18th/19th. Entire Coastal TN including Chennai might get heavy rains again.
If weaker one it will stay around South TN, if strong like Cyclone then might move near North Coastal Tamilnadu.
We will get more clarity in
I can bet no where in the world this happens 😀😎!
Chennai people are becoming the most weather aware people. And we are making a local weather event India level trending.
School kids are also most active in X. Hmm...
#ChennaiRains
#TNRain
#SchoolLeave
The bulk western quadrant which was expected has started to fall over us.
Rains to pick up speed now and is going to be continuous tonight with high intensity.
Time for people to stay indoors from now. Stay safe!
#ChennaiRains
#CycloneMichaung
Cyclone Michaung Update for Chennai & Tamilnadu
So it will be our peak rains of this monsoon with a cyclone coming close to Chennai Coast.
Rain filled Western Quadrant of the cyclone is expected to fall over us. How close it comes to Chennai will decide either it is extreme
If Chennai had been placed 50 km east of where actually it is we would have gotten more than 200mm of rains till today morning😳
So much rains just fell in the sea very near to our coast. Radar accumulation and Satellite estimate indicates that.
#ChennaiRains
#NEM2023
This is one best night of this season 😍❤️ with a cyclone bands gliding into our city.
Spinning beautiful beast in perfect action!!! Surface winds picking up.
#ChennaiRains
#CycloneMichaung
After a small break in city rains pickup intensity again. We are in a very worst situation now.
Cyclone Michaung is very intact maintaining intensity with a slow WNW movement. So these rains may continue even till night until it moves above Sriharikota latitude.
#ChennaiRains
First rains of
#NEM2022
start in
#Chennai
.
Rains will pickup intensity from tonight as the circulation moves closer with strong convergence falling.
Mighty rains ahead for next 5 days as the low remains in same place bringing heavy to very heavy rains at times.
#ChennaiRains
பிழைப்பை விட்டு அப்டேட் போட்டது என் தப்பு தான் சார்!
Please do it soon so that I can get good sleep and look at my family well rather than posting updates here and replying to hundreds of messages!
I can promise you! Possibly one of the best Monsoon conditions evolving in Coastal Tamilnadu 👌
Look at the surging easterly winds till 6kms in height with massive clouds parked in the sea which we never saw this year.
Slowly rains would increase in Chennai during upcoming
After a little slowdown, the next set of bands is touching
#Chennai
now 👇
It would start with light rains initially and then would increase intensity to heavy rains/ very heavy rains at times in the upcoming hours covering all places.
Anyway, a perfect monsoon night awaits
High intensity outer clouds of Deep Depression soon
#CycloneMichaung
hitting Chennai & suburbs.
Rains are going to be on and off tonight gradually increasing with winds.
Similar to Cyclone Nivar outer bands bringing good rains even before the main bands come near us.
Rains are relentless and bands are continuously hitting us for a long time with winds and will continue. Please don't step out.
Tried my best to highlight the impending disaster rains for Chennai.
Even though I got comments like hype or failed forecast.
#ChennaiFloods
Disastrous rains to continue! Low-level wind convergence is seen increasing which is a major concern.
Thoothukudi which saw little break has started to get heavy rains from the next set of convective clouds blooming near the coast.
Tirunelveli, Nagercoil, and Trivandrum rains
Rains that happened in South TN can't be described in words. Kayalpattinam got a huge 946mm which might be the highest ever of the era in Tamilnadu plains.
I never dreamt of tracking such huge rains in our own state that too from a simple cyclonic circulation.
No place could
Cyclone Michaung has moved above
#Chennai
latitude.
Now winds are going to be from the West and heavy rains will continue over the city at least till 9 or 10PM. Major rains will be over the West and South Chennai areas.
Thereafter it will start reducing gradually from the
Extremely rains in Mettupalayam & Kotagiri both got huge 341mm and 241mm rains (Yet to be verified)
Kotagiri-Mettupalayam road blocked with fallen trees and landslides 😯
Eastern part of Nilgiris rarely gets such rains. Huge Convergence from the east with UAC in Kerala nothing
Latest: Cyclone Michaung is now 250 kms Southeast of Chennai.
Chennai radar picking up the bulky western bands in 100kms range. Over a few anticlockwise spins that would fall over us probably by tonight.
In the coming hours, rains with winds are expected to increase steadily.
No storm lasts forever. After the storm the sun will shine again! 😊☀️
Bright morning sunshine from ECR Beach. (via: Instagram)
Everything is over for us from
#CycloneMichuang
. I hope the water level is receding in all areas.
#ChennaiFlood
#ChennaiRain
#Cyclone
Today moist easterlies will bring intermittent rains over Chennai City and suburbs.
Widespread rains are possible in the entire Coastal TN including Chennai also over Interiors & Kerala. As we go into evening/night the trough gets diurnally active.
All eyes on the upcoming
Amazing view of Cyclone Michaung spinning anticlockwise.
Look with each spin how the cloud bands are falling over Chennai.
Intensity and duration of rains will increase once those dense clouds fall over us.
#ChennaiRains
#CycloneMichaung
#Heavyrains
Light to moderate rains in many areas of Chennai! 🌧
A cool and calm day with temp hovering around 24/25°C in many places.
We don't need to worry always. These are the rains for us to enjoy giving a perfect monsoon feel! 🤩
Few clicks from
@Hari_13253
in CMBT.
#ChennaiRains
#CycloneMichaung
has formed officially. It is currently located 310 kms Southeast of Chennai.
Continuous heavy rains with winds might start in Chennai during the afternoon or evening. Until then we would see rains with breaks.
This rainfilled beast is going to give a lot of
No words to describe NEM this year😶We got huge rains in a very short time.
By tomorrow morning 8:30AM our North East Monsoon 2023 officially comes to a statistical end 👋
Wish you all an advance happy new year! 🎉
#ChennaiRains
#ThoothukudiFloods
#ChennaiFloods
#NEM2023
Bulk rains of more than 30cms have fallen near Chennai Coast in the sea as per satellite estimates (No rain gauge to get exact figures).
All of these would have fallen over Chennai if those bands had moved a little further west😱.
#ChennaiRains
#Invest94B
Massive Massive bands pushing from the sea😯! South Chennai areas have got heavy spells and more to go...Just look at the composite radar image below👇.
For Core City and North Chennai, an intense yellow band pushing. Rains with varying intensity are going to continue throughout
More high intensity bands cooking to the North East of us and might push in during the coming hours.
Surface winds are picking up in Chennai with continuous rains in varying intensity.
#ChennaiRains
#HeavyRain
#NEM2023
Massive Massive storms approaching Chennai😯!
It is getting intensified as it inches closer to us. Vertical towering has touched close to 18kms in height.
Hope most of the places will be covered with heavy rains. Groundstrikes are expected so stay safe.
#ChennaiRains
Extreme rains are to happen and continue over South TN districts like Tuticorin, Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari, and Tenkasi Ghats.
Trivandrum & Kollam districts of Kerala also should be careful over the next 2 days. Circulation in the Comorin Sea bringing huge moisture with wind
Next system likely to move towards Tamilnadu. Chennai will largely get benefitted from that.
School pasangala another exciting week ahead....
Until then typical on and off rains will continue over Chennai during late night/early mornings.
#chennairains
#NortheastMonsoon
Lot of activity near us in the sea, as we head into the night these will push into Chennai bringing on and off rains.
The next few days are going to be really interesting with Master Wave MJO's arrival. A make-or-break Cyclone to form soon. Sleepless nights to track it for
This weather model from an IIT Madras research scholar
@smkirthiga
has excellently hinted in advance about the extreme rainfall event that happened today at Mettupalayam and Kotagiri in Nilgiris.
It is a regional model (WRF) running at a high resolution of 4 km on a HPC. The
Excellent consolidation of upcoming cyclone happening in Bay. Dense bands getting all ready to be wrapped.
Some on-and-off rains are possible today in Chennai but would be less than the past few days as easterly winds rush to the centre of circulation in bay.
#ChennaiRains
#CycloneMocha
is a major disaster😱! It's now a Super Cyclone with central pressure of 934mb and winds packing of 240kmph. This could be the worst cyclone since the 1968 Burma Cyclone.
It is currently 210km southwest of Sittwe and is expected to make landfall in a few hours.
Intense storms are about to touch Chennai City and North Chennai areas shortly. Expect Moderate to heavy rains lasting for a few minutes.
Clouds that previously moved inside intensified and giving rains now over the areas in West of Tiruvallur in AP border.
#ChennaiRains
Crazy rains in Chennai with high wind gusts! Definitely, these high intensity rains are going to continue for the next few hours with intense bands pushing inside.
Overall the last few hours
#CycloneMichuang
has undergone rapid intensification and the center is just 100kms
Rains will start in Chennai tonight and get heavier by tomorrow.
Next three days are going to be massive with widespread rains over entrie Tamilnadu.
One or two places in Coastal belt between Chennai - Tuty should be cautious of extreme rains.
#ChennaiRains
#NEM2022
#Update
To all the kids/teens eagerly waiting for School and College holidays!
List of Districts till now (9:30PM) More to join!
1)Cuddalore
2) Mayiladuthurai
3) Pondy & Karaikal (UT)
Chennai kids don't spam my comments & inbox😅
#ChennaiRains
#SchoolLeave
#TNRain
Look how the bulky big western part is close to Chennai but adamant and not moving delaying rains and bringing chill weather.
This was expected hopefully with a few more spins it should move in tonight.
#ChennaiSnow
is trending now and tomorrow this
#ChennaiRains
will trend.
I hope at least a few people took some precautions after seeing this post.
Many people want the rains to start soon, and just within 24 hours everything is upside down and now we are praying it to stop.
Be strong we will overcome this!
#ChennaiFloods
#ChennaiRains2023
A big day awaits us! Stay safe my people..!
Will give you timely updates don't worry.
Request everyone not to venture out unnecessarily. Be safe be strong...
#ChennaiRains
#CycloneMichaung
Rains will return over Coastal TN from 15th December.
Broad area of circulation will bring moist easterly winds. Chennai to get light to moderate rains mostly during late night or early morning.
Heavy rains are possible between the Pondy-Delta-Kanyakumari coast.
Safe to say
Our next set of rains in Chennai will start late tonight or Early morning tomorrow. This time rains are going to be from a proper low-pressure system for two days till the 15th Nov before this system moves away from us and develops into a stronger one.
Wind convergence is
Chennai Weather Update: I hope everyone is safe and sound now. We've had record-breaking rains, and Cyclone Michaung will be remembered for years to come.
MJO along with ER wave which contributed significantly to the deluge rains, is moving away from our basin and will not be
Having severe migraine since yesterday updates for the day and about the upcoming cyclone will follow soon.
Sorry for the delay!
#ChennaiRains
#Cyclone
Long cloud bands entering Chennai. North, South & Central all places will be covered shortly.
Rains will be moderate to heavy at times. Today might be a long rainy day until this clears.
Just miss for Chennai School kids 😯
#ChennaiRains
#NEM2023
#TNRain
#HeavyRain
Monsoon starts reviving over Kerala as expected. Circulation off Chennai moved near AP coast pulling up westerly flow.
#Monsoon
will turn strong after 24th in Kerala, nearby TN Ghats, Cauvery catchments of Karnataka and Maharashtra.
Isolated rains are possible in
#Chennai
.
Wonderful 3D visual of Cyclone Michuang from IMD Chennai Radar.
Shows the deep convective towers hitting Chennai with non stop rains.
#CycloneMichuang
#ChennaiRains
After a small break in city rains pickup intensity again. We are in a very worst situation now.
Cyclone Michaung is very intact maintaining intensity with a slow WNW movement. So these rains may continue even till night until it moves above Sriharikota latitude.
#ChennaiRains
Terrific continuous heavy rains happening over
#Delta
(Mayiladuthurai-Sirkazhi) stretch with thunderstorms. Satellite cloud tops look super cold indicating deep convection. Stay Safe!
After a brief unexpected break
#Chennai
will rejoin again rainy night ahead.
#ChennaiRains
Strong easterlies in action! Moderate to heavy rains happening over West Suburbs of Chennai and also over Tiruvallur & Kanchipuram districts.
Chennai city can expect more on and off rains tonight.
Coastals like Pondy, Cuddalore, and Nagai getting active
#ChennaiRain
#NEM2023
The next squall line of storms near the Chennai coast might cover North Chennai and City areas bringing heavy rains.
Rains will continue for a few minutes and after a break, the other one coming in the back will move inside the city.
#ChennaiRains
#Heavyrain
#TNRain
#NEM2023
Did anyone notice?😱 a surprise Cyclone is now spinning in the Bay of Bengal.
Kutti cyclone near Burma developed rapidly from a circulation hours back, it is heavily sheared and these bands are falling over Kolkata & Bangladesh lashing rains out.
#Cyclone
#BayofBengal
#Myanmar
Today marks 7th year of the Vardah Cyclone! One of the most unforgettable moment in my life. We have no idea what life has for us in the next moment.
Those howling winds, and flying debris everywhere still remain fresh in my eyes.
If Michaung is for widespread rains, then
Time to settle inside our houses safely! It is 175kms SSE of Chennai now and is going to be a very long night.
Big Western Part of
#CycloneMandous
touching South Chennai currently and will gradually spread as it spins. From now on Rains & winds will increase.
#ChennaiRains
Rare rains from the sea are happening in May!!! ☔️
Chennai-Pondy-Delta coast is filled with rain bands seen on the radar that move slowly inland. Good wind convergence along the coast.
Intermittent rains are expected in Chennai today, heavy at times. We have the best chances
Next bunch of clouds moved inside after a break bringing moderate to heavy widespread rains across Chennai.
More intense clouds are seen awaiting in the sea and the gradual increase in convection buildup near us indicates the shift of wind convergence.
People leaving Offices
Some final set of rains from this spell happening over Chennai before we head into a short break👋☔️.
Dry air will take control in Low-mid levels from tomorrow keeping nights cold with foggy mornings🥶❄️.
Stay tuned for updates from the next system!
#ChennaiRains
#NEM2022
Rains might pick up intensity as go into night, but it would be in a stop-start-stop pattern. So nothing to worry about.
Moderate to heavy rains happening in the City. Pondy-Delta belt active night ahead as storms have lined up.
Rare January rains happening more updates will
Wow! Look at this current Satellite Image (Infrared). Our entire country looks to be cloud-free, except for a lone thunderstorm hitting South
#Kerala
.
Rains will start over North Coastal
#Tamilnadu
including
#Chennai
from tomorrow night. It will be mild and Nothing big
Wow! Big numbers from North Chennai.
Now South Chennai getting their share. Rains are going to continue with the next intense bands moving in. Office goers take all necessary precautions.
North Interior Dists will also get rains today as bands penetrate inside.
#chennairains
How is the situation in your area!!!
Are you all safe!
Please post any pics/videos of your locality. Let me know the real time situation.
#ChennaiRains
#CycloneMichuang
Heatwave ends over Chennai and temperatures will remain bearable.
Next two to three days we have good chances of getting rains in Chennai mostly late nights.
Many places in Interior TN also Bangalore to get thunderstorm rains due to circulation and wind instability.
Monsoon
Perumbakkam turns into ghost town with no habitation: With more than 25,000 people evacuated from Perumbakkam in the last 5 days, the area now represents a ghost town with barely anybody living. With hip-deep water levels, the area may take two weeks to bounce back. Houses, IT
Rare twin cyclones to form again in Arabian Sea & Bay of Bengal after 2018.
Cyclone Tej will form over Arabian Sea and move far away to the Yemen/Oman coast next week, so no threat for us in Indian landmass.
Another one in the Bay, Cyclone Hamoon will approach close to the
After an early morning break, intense storms approaching Chennai from East and could cover every part of the city if pushed in.
Overall on and off rains are expected today over Entire Coastal Tamilnadu.
Chennai might see another widespread event of rains in the evening or
Chennai Express departed from Bay after a brief halt.
1,2,3,4 Get on the Dance Floor time for School students.
Rains will be heavy and intense over
#Chennai
in the upcoming hours as the fresh cloud bands move in. See the convection blooming in Meteosat👇
#ChennaiRains
Highly intense thunderstorms to hit South Chennai areas like Tambaram then move into City and North Chennai.
Groundstrikes would happen in most areas so try to stay indoors and safe as possible.
#ChennaiRains
#NEM2023
First set of rains touching
#Chennai
now and will increase gradually as it moves west. Peak rains will be on tomorrow between the South Andhra-Chennai-Pondy with varying intensity. It is a weak low so no damaging winds are expected.
Stay Calm and Safe.
#ChennaiRains
Crazy mindblowing rainfall number😱from
#Sirkazhi
558mm till 12AM now (Need to be verified) of which 426mm fell in just 5 hours. Satellite-based rainfall estimates also indicate this closely.
Good news is that those dense clouds have weakened and moved above
#Chidambaram
.
Easterly winds getting strong enough to push the storms inside Chennai. Look how the storms are slowly squeezing inland now as the trough streamlines.
Light to moderate rains will happen for now and might turn heavy late at night.
#ChennaiRains
#Monsoon
#Heavyrain
Eral faced one of the worst devastation little did the outside world know since the entire communication was cut off.
Prayers for people there 🙏
#thoothukudiflood
#Heavyrains
#Floods