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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 NW at 19 km/h (using the upper-air wind)
Approximate: rain cells grow and fade as they move · Testing: the radar nowcast is still being checked against what happened
Sources
Radar 3:36 AM · Lightning 4:01 AM · Gauges to 04:30 AM · Models 4:32 AM
👥 Is it raining where you are right now?
No rain expected in the next 24 hours
0 mm expected in 24 hours · 14% chance of rain today
☀️ Dry spell: 4 AM – 3 AM
☂️ Umbrella?✅
Not needed — low chance of rain
👕 Dry clothes outside?✅
Yes — Today 8 AM – 5 PM
🏍️ Two-wheeler ride?✅
Fine — no significant rain
🌅 Evening outing?✅
Today: pleasant evening, 30° — beach or park
🌾 Spray crops?✅
Yes — Today 6 AM – 6 PM
🎣 Go to sea?✅
Calm sea — waves 1.1 m
| Time | Rain (%, mm) | Temp | Wind | RH | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 AM | ☁️ | 4% | 25°(30°) | 3 | 94% |
| 5 AM | ☁️ | 1% | 25°(30°) | 2 | 94% |
| 6 AM | ☁️ | 1% | 25°(31°) | 0 | 94% |
| 7 AM | 🌤️ | 1% | 26°(32°) | 3 | 86% |
| 8 AM | 🌤️ | 1% | 28°(34°) | 3 | 79% |
| 9 AM | 🌤️ | 1% | 30°(35°) | 6 | 72% |
| 10 AM | ☁️ | 1% | 31°(37°) | 7 | 67% |
| 11 AM | 🌦️ | 1% | 31°(38°) | 7 | 67% |
| 12 PM | 🌦️ | 4% | 31°(38°) | 8 | 66% |
| 1 PM | 🌦️ | 4% | 29°(35°) | 8 | 70% |
| 2 PM | 🌦️ | 4% | 30°(35°) | 6 | 69% |
| 3 PM | 🌦️ | 4% | 30°(35°) | 6 | 65% |
| 4 PM | 🌦️ | 6% | 30°(35°) | 2 | 67% |
| 5 PM | ☁️ | 4% | 29°(36°) | 0 | 75% |
| 6 PM | ☁️ | 1% | 28°(34°) | 1 | 79% |
| 7 PM | ☁️ | 1% | 27°(33°) | 0 | 83% |
| 8 PM | ☁️ | 1% | 26°(32°) | 1 | 88% |
| 9 PM | ☁️ | 1% | 26°(31°) | 2 | 90% |
| 10 PM | ☁️ | 1% | 25°(31°) | 1 | 92% |
| 11 PM | ☁️ | 1% | 25°(30°) | 0 | 92% |
| 12 AM | ☁️ | 1% | 24°(29°) | 2 | 91% |
| 1 AM | ☁️ | 1% | 24°(29°) | 1 | 91% |
| 2 AM | 🌙 | 1% | 24°(29°) | 1 | 90% |
| 3 AM | 🌙 | 1% | 24°(28°) | 2 | 90% |
| 4 AM | 🌙 | 1% | 23°(28°) | 1 | 90% |
| 5 AM | ☁️ | 1% | 23°(27°) | 1 | 90% |
| 6 AM | ☁️ | 1% | 23°(28°) | 1 | 90% |
| 7 AM | 🌤️ | 1% | 26°(31°) | 4 | 81% |
| 8 AM | ☀️ | 1% | 28°(33°) | 3 | 73% |
| 9 AM | 🌤️ | 1% | 30°(35°) | 5 | 67% |
“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 | 1.2 | 0 | 12.7 mm |
| GFS (USA)✓ used | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 11.5 mm |
| ICON (Germany)✓ used | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 mm |
| UK Met Office✓ used | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 12.2 mm |
| Météo-France✓ used | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 mm |
| CMA (China)✓ used | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 mm |
| ECMWF (Europe) | 2.4 | 1.5 |
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.
Oochikulam0.0 km
3 h 0 mmSince 8:30 AM 9.6 mm24 h to 8:30 AM 9.6 mm
Kalakadu2.9 km
24 h to 8:30 AM 7.8 mm
Vadakarai5.5 km
3 h 0 mmSince 8:30 AM 12 mm24 h to 8:30 AM 7.2 mm
Highest in district (24 h): Oothu 85 mm
📋 Full district report: by taluk, dams →TN-SMART · Tamil Nadu Disaster Risk Reduction Agency
| 10 AM |
| 🌤️ |
| 1% |
| 31°(37°) |
| 9 |
| 63% |
| 11 AM | 🌦️ | 1% | 32°(37°) | 11 | 60% |
| 12 PM | 🌦️ | 1% | 32°(38°) | 11 | 57% |
| 1 PM | 🌦️ | 1% | 32°(38°) | 8 | 58% |
| 2 PM | 🌦️ | 1% | 33°(38°) | 7 | 56% |
| 3 PM | 🌦️ | 1% | 33°(37°) | 4 | 55% |
| 4 PM | 🌦️ | 1% | 32°(37°) | 3 | 55% |
| 5 PM | 🌦️ | 1% | 30°(35°) | 5 | 66% |
| 6 PM | 🌤️ | 1% | 28°(33°) | 4 | 74% |
| 7 PM | ☁️ | 1% | 27°(32°) | 3 | 79% |
| 8 PM | ☁️ | 1% | 25°(30°) | 3 | 84% |
| 9 PM | ☁️ | 1% | 24°(29°) | 2 | 88% |
| 10 PM | ☁️ | 1% | 24°(28°) | 2 | 91% |
| 11 PM | ☁️ | 1% | 23°(27°) | 4 | 94% |
| 12 AM | ☁️ | 1% | 22°(27°) | 3 | 96% |
| 1 AM | 🌫️ | 1% | 22°(26°) | 2 | 99% |
| 2 AM | 🌫️ | 1% | 21°(25°) | 3 | 99% |
| 3 AM | 🌫️ | 1% | 21°(24°) | 3 | 99% |
| 0 |
| 13.8 mm |
| JMA (Japan) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 mm |
| GEM (Canada) | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 17.9 mm |