Met predicts light rains in Chennai

CHENNAI: The city is expected to receive

light rains

during the day. The sky will remain cloudy, says a forecast by the regional meteorological centre (RMC).

The city received 1.8cm rain since 1.45am on Wednesday. The rain which started at around 1.30am, continued till 7.30am. The temperature hovered at 27.2 to 27.4degree Celcius for most part of the forenoon.

The RMC has said that a low pressure area is likely to develop over central and adjoining Bay of Bengal in the next 24hours.

It is likely to concentrate into a depression and move west-northwestwards towards north Andhra-South Odisha coast in 48 hours.