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Insat picture at 11.30 hrs. Observations recorded at 8-30 a.m. on October 18.

	Ma	Mi	R	TR
ANDHRA PRADESH
Anantapur	33	23	2	29
Arogyavaram	31	21	27	131
Bapatla	33	25	tr	213
Calingapatnam	31	24	0	241
Gannavaram	33	24	1	159
Hyderabad AP	31	22	4	77
Kakinada	31	26	1	255
Kammam	31	23	23	92
Kavali	33	27	0	209
Kurnool	32	22	15	184
Machilipatnam	32	24	28	169
Nandyal	32	23	2	107
Narasapur	30	26	2	150
Nellore	33	27	0	213
Nidadavolu	33	27	—	—
Nizamabad	31	22	1	77
Ongole	33	26	tr	178
Ramagundam	28	23	6	155
Tirupathi AP	34	26	0	165
Tuni	33	26	0	206
Vizag	31	25	0	408
KARNATAKA
Bangalore AP	30	19	87	269
Bangalore	29	19	57	348
Bagalkote	30	—	—	—
Belgaum AP	29	20	tr	86
Bellary	33	—	—	—
Bijapur	—	—	—	—
Chitradurga	31	21	0	176
Chikmagalur	24	18	18	203
Gadag	28	22	14	41
Gulbarga	29	20	0	87
Hassan	28	19	0	191
Hanovar	31	24	0	148
Karwar	31	25	0	127
Madikeri	27	16	0	116
Mangalore AP	32	23	3	89
Mysore	31	19	0	136
Mandya	31	22	0	128
Panambur	31	24	1	70
Raichur	—	—	—	—
Shimoga	—	—	—	—
Shirali	—	—	—	—
Tumkur	32	24	0	75
KERALA
Alappuzha	33	24	0	112
Kannur	31	24	0	76
Kochi AP	33	25	0	99
Kottayam	34	23	0	54
Kozhikode	32	24	0	123
Palakkad	—	—	—	—
Punalur	32	24	10	93
Thiruvanantha
-puram AP	32	25	tr	151
Thiruvanantha
-puram City	32	25	tr	105
TAMIL NADU
Adiramapattinam	32	24	tr	65
Coimbatore AP	33	22	0	199
Coonoor	22	14	0	137
Cuddalore	33	25	0	22
Chennai AP	34	26	tr	253
Chennai	33	26	6	304
Dharmapuri	31	23	0	82
Kanyakumari	31	25	0	70
Kodaikanal	20	12	tr	129
Madurai AP	33	25	0	84
Nagapattinam	32	26	tr	174
Palayamkottai	36	24	2	34
Pamban	33	24	tr	105
Parangipettai	31	27	5	25
Pondicherry	33	26	0	38
Salem	31	23	0	223
Thanjavur	32	24	19	171
Tiruchi AP	33	25	0	123
Tiruchi	33	25	0	178
Tirupattur	32	21	0	153
Tiruttani	—	—	—	—
Tondi	31	25	3	242
Tuticorin	33	27	0	10
Ooty	22	11	41	244
Valparai	26	17	0	83
Vedaranyam	33	22	6	74
Vellore	34	24	0	68
LAKSHADWEEP
Amini Divi	31	26	tr	43
Minicoy	32	26	0	73
OTHER STATIONS
Kolkata (Alipore)	31	23	3	99
Mumbai	33	24	4	20
New Delhi	34	19	0	0

The columns show maximum and minimum temperature in Celsius, rainfall during last 24 hours (tr-trace) and total rainfall in mm since October 1, 2005.

Isolated heavy rain likely in coastal Tamil Nadu

CHENNAI: Northeast monsoon has been active over Rayalaseema.

Rainfall occurred at many places over Rayalaseema and Karnataka and at a few places over coastal Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Isolated rainfall occurred over Tamil Nadu and Kerala and mainly dry weather prevailed over Lakshadweep.

Bangalore Airport recorded a heavy rainfall of 10 Centimetres.

On Monday, the maximum temperature rose appreciably at one or two places over Telangana, Rayalaseema, rose at one or two places over rest Rayalaseema, fell at one or two places over north interior Karnataka and Tamilnadu and changed a little elsewhere over the region.

They were appreciably above normal at one or two places over Kerala, Tamilnadu, south interior Karnataka, Rayalaseema, above normal at one or two places over rest Kerala, coastal Karnataka, rest south interior Karnataka, rest Rayalaseema, rest Tamilnadu, appreciably below normal at one or two places over Telangana and north interior Karnataka and were nearly normal over the rest of the region.

Palayamkottai recorded the highest maximum temperature of 36{+o} Celsius in the region.

The minimum temperature rose at one or two places over Tamilnadu and changed little elsewhere over the region. They were appreciably above normal at one or two places over Telangana and south coastal Andhra Pradesh and above normal at one or two places over north interior Karnataka, coastal Tamilnadu, south Kerala and were nearly normal over the rest of the region. Belgaum Airport recorded the lowest minimum temperature of 20{+o} Celsius in the plains of the region.

Forecast (valid until Thursday morning): Rain or thundershowers are likely to occur at many places over coastal Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka and at a few places over interior Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Lakshadweep.

Heavy Rainfall Warning: Isolated heavy rain is likely to occur over coastal Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry and coastal Andhra Pradesh during the next 48 hours.

Outlook for subsequent two days: No significant change.

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