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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 17 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 5:52 AM · Lightning 6:01 AM · Gauges to 05:30 AM · Models 6:11 AM
👥 Is it raining where you are right now?
Small chance of rain (18%)
0 mm expected in 24 hours · 18% chance of rain today
☀️ Dry spell: 2 PM – 5 AM
☂️ Umbrella?✅
Not needed — low chance of rain
👕 Dry clothes outside?⚠️
Short dry spell only (9 AM – 12 PM); finish under a fan indoors
🏍️ Two-wheeler ride?⚠️
Carry a raincoat and ride slowly
🌅 Evening outing?✅
Today: pleasant evening, 21° — beach or park
🌾 Spray crops?✅
Yes — Today 6 AM – 12 PM
🎣 Go to sea?⚠️
Caution — waves 1.0 m, gusts 36 km/h
| Time | Rain (%, mm) | Temp | Wind | RH | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 AM | 🌫️ | 1% | 18°(21°) | 4 | 100% |
| 7 AM | 🌫️ | 1% | 20°(22°) | 4 | 96% |
| 8 AM | 🌦️ | 1% | 20°(23°) | 4 | 94% |
| 9 AM | 🌦️ | 1% | 22°(24°) | 5 | 83% |
| 10 AM | 🌦️ | 1% | 23°(26°) | 5 | 77% |
| 11 AM | 🌦️ | 4% | 22°(26°) | 4 | 77% |
| 12 PM | 🌦️ | 6% · 0.2 | 22°(25°) | 5 | 82% |
| 1 PM | 🌦️ | 11% · 0.2 | 22°(25°) | 6 | 87% |
| 2 PM | 🌦️ | 6% | 22°(25°) | 7(31) | 84% |
| 3 PM | 🌦️ | 4% | 21°(24°) | 6 | 84% |
| 4 PM | 🌦️ | 4% | 21°(23°) | 6(30) | 86% |
| 5 PM | ☁️ | 4% | 20°(22°) | 6(31) | 92% |
| 6 PM | 🌫️ | 1% | 19°(22°) | 5 | 99% |
| 7 PM | 🌫️ | 1% | 18°(21°) | 3 | 100% |
| 8 PM | 🌫️ | 1% | 18°(21°) | 4 | 100% |
| 9 PM | 🌫️ | 1% | 18°(20°) | 4 | 100% |
| 10 PM | 🌫️ | 1% | 18°(20°) | 5 | 100% |
| 11 PM | 🌫️ | 1% | 18°(20°) | 5 | 100% |
| 12 AM | 🌦️ | 1% | 18°(20°) | 6(31) | 100% |
| 1 AM | 🌫️ | 1% | 18°(20°) | 7(35) | 100% |
| 2 AM | 🌫️ | 1% | 18°(21°) | 6(35) | 100% |
| 3 AM | 🌫️ | 1% | 18°(20°) | 6(35) | 100% |
| 4 AM | 🌫️ | 1% | 18°(20°) | 6(35) | 100% |
| 5 AM | 🌫️ | 1% | 18°(20°) | 6(36) | 100% |
| 6 AM | 🌫️ | 1% | 18°(20°) | 6(36) | 100% |
| 7 AM | 🌤️ | 1% | 20°(22°) | 7(36) | 94% |
| 8 AM | 🌤️ | 1% | 21°(23°) | 8(36) | 85% |
| 9 AM | 🌤️ | 1% | 22° | 10(40) | 73% |
| 10 AM | 🌤️ | 1% | 24°(26°) | 10(40) | 64% |
| 11 AM | 🌤️ | 1% |
“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 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 11.5 mm |
| ICON (Germany)✓ used | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 mm |
| UK Met Office✓ used | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 12.2 mm |
| Météo-France✓ used | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 mm |
| CMA (China)✓ used | 3.6 | 0 | 0.3 | 12.5 mm |
| ECMWF (Europe) | 4.2 | 3.0 |
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.
Kuthiraivetti0.0 km
Since 8:30 AM no reading24 h to 8:30 AM no reading
Oothu2.8 km
24 h to 8:30 AM 85 mm
Oothu3.1 km
Since 8:30 AM no reading24 h to 8:30 AM no reading
Highest in district (24 h): Oothu 85 mm
📋 Full district report: by taluk, dams →TN-SMART · Tamil Nadu Disaster Risk Reduction Agency
| 24°(27°) |
| 10(41) |
| 61% |
| 12 PM | 🌤️ | 4% | 25°(28°) | 10(41) | 59% |
| 1 PM | 🌤️ | 4% | 25°(27°) | 11(43) | 59% |
| 2 PM | 🌤️ | 4% | 24°(26°) | 10(43) | 64% |
| 3 PM | 🌤️ | 1% | 23° | 10(41) | 68% |
| 4 PM | 🌤️ | 1% | 22° | 9(41) | 74% |
| 5 PM | 🌤️ | 1% | 21° | 6(38) | 83% |
| 6 PM | 🌤️ | 1% | 19°(21°) | 6(31) | 96% |
| 7 PM | 🌫️ | 1% | 18°(21°) | 6(33) | 100% |
| 8 PM | 🌫️ | 1% | 18°(21°) | 6(33) | 100% |
| 9 PM | 🌫️ | 1% | 18°(21°) | 5(32) | 100% |
| 10 PM | 🌫️ | 1% | 18°(20°) | 4 | 100% |
| 11 PM | 🌫️ | 1% | 18°(20°) | 4 | 100% |
| 12 AM | 🌫️ | 1% | 18°(20°) | 4 | 100% |
| 1 AM | 🌫️ | 1% | 17°(19°) | 3 | 100% |
| 2 AM | 🌫️ | 1% | 17° | 3 | 100% |
| 3 AM | 🌫️ | 1% | 16° | 4 | 100% |
| 4 AM | ☁️ | 1% | 16° | 4 | 96% |
| 5 AM | ☁️ | 1% | 17° | 4 | 92% |
| 0 |
| 13.8 mm |
| JMA (Japan) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 mm |
| GEM (Canada) | 7.9 | 0.1 | 0 | 17.9 mm |