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Numbers: today's rain (mm)
Next 2 hours · radar nowcast
Nothing moving your way on IMD’s latest picture (pictures arrive 30–45 min late, so showers forming since then don’t show) · rain is moving in from the SE at 25 km/h
Approximate: rain cells grow and fade as they move · Testing: the radar nowcast is still being checked against what happened
Sources
Radar 4:36 AM · Lightning 5:01 AM · Gauges to 04:30 AM · Models 5:20 AM
👥 Is it raining where you are right now?
No rain expected in the next 24 hours
1 mm expected in 24 hours · 15% chance of rain today
☀️ Dry spell: 3 PM – 4 AM
☂️ Umbrella?✅
Not needed — low chance of rain
👕 Dry clothes outside?⚠️
Short dry spell only (3 PM – 5 PM); finish under a fan indoors
🏍️ Two-wheeler ride?⚠️
Carry a raincoat and ride slowly
🌅 Evening outing?✅
Today: pleasant evening, 28° — beach or park
🌾 Spray crops?❌
Postpone — rain or wind likely within 6 hours
🎣 Go to sea?⚠️
Caution — waves 1.4 m, gusts 37 km/h
| Time | Rain (%, mm) | Temp | Wind | RH | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 AM | ☁️ | 4% | 25°(31°) | 2 | 93% |
| 6 AM | ☁️ | 1% | 25°(31°) | 1 | 94% |
| 7 AM | ☁️ | 1% | 26°(33°) | 0 | 95% |
| 8 AM | 🌦️ | 1% | 27°(34°) | 3 | 88% |
| 9 AM | ☁️ | 1% · 0.1 | 28°(34°) | 7 | 81% |
| 10 AM | ☁️ | 4% · 0.1 | 29°(35°) | 11 | 76% |
| 11 AM | 🌦️ | 1% · 0.1 | 29°(35°) | 12(32) | 75% |
| 12 PM | 🌦️ | 6% · 0.2 | 29°(35°) | 15(34) | 75% |
| 1 PM | 🌦️ | 6% · 0.2 | 28°(33°) | 16(37) | 80% |
| 2 PM | 🌦️ | 4% · 0.2 | 28°(33°) | 15(35) | 84% |
| 3 PM | 🌤️ | 4% | 28°(32°) | 14(34) | 84% |
| 4 PM | ☁️ | 4% | 28°(32°) | 12(32) | 80% |
| 5 PM | 🌦️ | 4% | 26°(31°) | 11 | 86% |
| 6 PM | 🌦️ | 1% | 26°(30°) | 10 | 93% |
| 7 PM | 🌦️ | 1% | 26°(31°) | 7 | 93% |
| 8 PM | 🌦️ | 1% | 26°(31°) | 9 | 93% |
| 9 PM | ☁️ | 1% | 25°(30°) | 9 | 94% |
| 10 PM | ☁️ | 1% | 25°(30°) | 8 | 94% |
| 11 PM | ☁️ | 1% | 25°(29°) | 11 | 94% |
| 12 AM | ☁️ | 1% | 25°(29°) | 10 | 94% |
| 1 AM | ☁️ | 1% | 25°(29°) | 10 | 94% |
| 2 AM | ☁️ | 1% | 25°(29°) | 11 | 93% |
| 3 AM | ☁️ | 1% | 25°(29°) | 11 | 92% |
| 4 AM | ☁️ | 1% | 25°(29°) | 11 | 91% |
| 5 AM | 🌙 | 1% | 25°(29°) | 10 | 91% |
| 6 AM | ☀️ | 1% | 25°(29°) | 10 | 92% |
| 7 AM | ☀️ | 1% | 26°(31°) | 11 | 87% |
| 8 AM | ☀️ | 1% | 28°(32°) | 13 | 81% |
| 9 AM | ☀️ | 1% | 29°(33°) | 15(35) | 74% |
| 10 AM | ☀️ | 1% | 30°(35°) | 15(35) |
“Chance” = how often it actually rained on days when this many models forecast rain. Even when every model says rain, it rained on only about 2 in 3 days.
A consensus of 9 global weather models. Every day we check which models were right in Tamil Nadu against TN-SMART gauges and lean on those (last 25 days).
| Today | Tomorrow | Thu, 29 Oct | Recent avg. error | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECMWF AI✓ used | 4.2 | 1.8 | 0 | 12.7 mm |
| GFS (USA)✓ used | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 11.5 mm |
| ICON (Germany)✓ used | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 mm |
| UK Met Office✓ used | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 12.2 mm |
| Météo-France✓ used | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 mm |
| CMA (China)✓ used | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 mm |
| ECMWF (Europe) | 4.5 | 0.6 |
No weatherman has made a specific forecast for this district for today or tomorrow yet.
Each forecast is checked the next morning against TN-SMART gauges (last 30 days). Claude AI reads the posts to pick out the forecasts; open a post for the full picture.
Balamore0.0 km
24 h to 8:30 AM 40 mm
Colachel3.6 km
24 h to 8:30 AM 43 mm
Colachel B4.0 km
3 h 0 mmSince 8:30 AM 0 mm24 h to 8:30 AM 14 mm
Highest in district (24 h): Kottaram 79 mm
📋 Full district report: by taluk, dams →TN-SMART · Tamil Nadu Disaster Risk Reduction Agency
| 70% |
| 11 AM | ☀️ | 1% | 30°(35°) | 16(37) | 68% |
| 12 PM | ☀️ | 1% | 30°(35°) | 19(42) | 68% |
| 1 PM | ☀️ | 1% | 30°(34°) | 20(43) | 70% |
| 2 PM | ☀️ | 1% | 30°(34°) | 20(44) | 71% |
| 3 PM | ☀️ | 1% | 29°(33°) | 19(44) | 73% |
| 4 PM | 🌤️ | 1% | 29°(32°) | 18(41) | 75% |
| 5 PM | 🌤️ | 1% | 28°(32°) | 15(37) | 78% |
| 6 PM | 🌤️ | 1% | 27°(31°) | 14 | 80% |
| 7 PM | ☁️ | 1% | 27°(31°) | 12 | 82% |
| 8 PM | ☁️ | 1% | 27°(31°) | 11 | 84% |
| 9 PM | ☁️ | 1% | 27°(31°) | 11 | 85% |
| 10 PM | ☁️ | 1% | 26°(31°) | 10 | 86% |
| 11 PM | ☁️ | 1% | 26°(30°) | 10 | 88% |
| 12 AM | ☁️ | 1% | 26°(30°) | 11 | 90% |
| 1 AM | ☁️ | 1% | 25°(29°) | 10 | 91% |
| 2 AM | ☁️ | 1% | 25°(29°) | 11 | 91% |
| 3 AM | ☁️ | 1% | 25°(28°) | 11 | 90% |
| 4 AM | ☁️ | 1% | 25°(28°) | 10 | 89% |
| 0.3 |
| 13.8 mm |
| JMA (Japan) | 5.4 | 0 | 1.8 | 13.0 mm |
| GEM (Canada) | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 17.9 mm |