The a lot awaited northeast monsoon commenced over Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh on Saturday, the India Meteorological Division (IMD) mentioned. Tamil Nadu receives the majority of its annual rainfall through the northeast monsoon, which prevails over between October and December.

“Northeast monsoon rains commenced over coastal Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal and adjoining areas of south Coastal Andhra Pradesh right this moment, the twenty ninth October 2022,” the IMD mentioned in a launch.

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“Beneath the affect of setting in of northeasterly winds within the decrease tropospheric ranges over Bay of Bengal and South Peninsular India, the northeast monsoon rains commenced” over the mentioned areas, it added.

The climate workplace forecast scattered/pretty widespread gentle/reasonable rainfall with remoted heavy falls & thunderstorm/lightning as very seemingly over elements of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala and Karnataka until November 2.

Tamil Nadu receives about 48 per cent of its annual rainfall of 914 mm through the northeast monsoon.