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INSAT PICTURE AT 11-30 hrs. Observations recorded at 8-30 a.m. on August 21.

	Ma	Mi	R	TR
ANDHRA PRADESH
Anantapur	36	25	0	92
Arogyavaram	31	21	2	161
Bapatla	37	25	7	203
Calingapatnam	33	27	1	821
Gannavaram	35	25	6	348
Hyderabad AP	32	24	0	464
Kakinada	33	25	3	411
Kammam	33	24	0	492
Kavali	37	25	32	168
Kurnool	35	26	0	300
Machilipatnam	33	27	2	380
Nandyal	35	27	0	328
Narasapur	32	23	31	383
Nellore	38	26	2	112
Nizamabad	33	25	0	778
Ongole	38	28	tr	157
Ramagundam	34	27	0	613
Tirupathi AP	36	26	0	123
Tuni	34	26	tr	479
Vizag AP	35	26	5	564
Vizag	34	25	4	554
KARNATAKA
Bangalore AP	29	21	tr	251
Bangalore	30	22	tr	230
Bagalkote	31	22	0	121
Belgaum AP	27	20	1	750
Bellary	—	25	0	69
Chitradurga	29	21	0	214
Gadag	31	21	0	277
Gulbarga	32	18	5	279
Hassan	27	19	0	—
Honnavar	29	25	2	2223
Chintamani	29	21	1	372
Karwar	31	26	4	2225
Madikeri	22	17	10	2164
Mangalore AP	29	23	8	2374
Mysore	29	21	4	165
Mandya	32	22	1	145
Panambur	30	24	13	2128
Raichur	35	25	0	162
Shirali	29	24	7	2660
KERALA
Alappuzha	29	24	2	1294
Kannur	31	23	2	1961
Kochi AP	30	25	tr	1724
Kozhikode	30	25	0	2103
Palakkad	29	24	1	1142
Punalur	31	22	0	1020
Thiruvanantha
-puram AP	32	25	0	497
Thiruvanantha
-puram City	31	24	0	450
TAMIL NADU
Adiramapattinam	36	24	tr	85
Coimbatore AP	33	23	3	42
Coonoor	22	15	25	140
Cuddalore	34	22	1	174
Chennai AP	36	27	0	290
Chennai	35	27	0	236
Dharmapuri	34	23	12	96
Kanyakumari	32	24	0	172
Kodaikanal	17	12	25	134
Madurai AP	38	23	52	92
Nagapattinam	37	26	0	25
Palayamkottai	33	26	9	26
Pamban	33	26	0	5
Parangipettai	36	27	0	45
Pondicherry	34	25	0	181
Salem	35	22	26	220
Thanjavur	37	26	9	—
Tiruchi AP	37	23	84	119
Tiruchi	38	25	24	63
Tirupattur	33	20	29	186
Tondi	33	25	0	42
Tuticorin	34	27	0	1
Ooty	19	13	2	273
Valparai	23	19	9	1911
Vedaranyam	35	22	0	13
Vellore	36	24	6	177
LAKSHADWEEP
Amini Divi	29	25	0	489
Minicoy	31	25	11	673
OTHER STATIONS
Kolkata (Alipore)	29	26	15	960
Mumbai	30	25	7	1900
New Delhi	34	28	0	458

The columns show maximum and minimum temperature in Celsius, rainfall during last 24 hours (trace) and total rainfall in mm since June 1, 2006.

Monsoon vigorous over Tamil Nadu

CHENNAI: Southwest monsoon has been vigorous over Tamil Nadu.

Rainfall occurred at most places over coastal Karnataka, at many places over Tamil Nadu and Lakshadweep and at a few places over coastal Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema and south interior Karnataka. Isolated rainfall occurred over Telangana, Kerala and north interior Karnataka.

The following stations recorded very heavy to heavy rainfall in centimetres:

Musiri (Tiruchirapalli dt.) 16, Tiruchirapalli 12, Kallakurichi (Villupuram dt.) 11, Viralimalai (Pudukottai dt.) 9, Tiruchirapalli airport, Thogamalai (Karur dt.), Gobichettipalayam (Erode dt.), Namakkal and Uthangarai (Krishnagiri dt.) 8 each and Natham (Dindigul dt.), Tirumangalam (Madurai dt.), Tirukoilur (Villupuram dt.), and Tirupattur 7 each.

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

Isolated rain or thundershowers are likely to occur over Telangana, Rayalaseema and north interior Karnataka.

Forecast for Chennai City and Neighbourhood (Valid until Wednesday morning): Generally cloudy. Possibility of shower or thundershower in some areas during evening or night.

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