The city experienced intermittent rain with a few light spells till afternoon and moderate rain in the evening hours of Tuesday. The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has forecasted that heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places over Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, Chennai, Villuppuram, Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur, Thanjavur, Pudukkottai, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Kanniyakumari, and Nagapattinam districts and Puducherry areas on November 23. The weather department said, “A low-pressure area is likely to form over the Southeast Bay of Bengal around November 22. Thereafter, it is very likely to move west-northwestwards and become more marked during the subsequent 48 hours.” Continuing on November 24, heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places over Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, Chennai, Villuppuram, Cuddalore, Ariyalur, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, Thanjavur, Thoothukudi, Kanniyakumari and and Puducherry areas on November 24, according to the bulletin. @@@

