"Chennai can relax a bit in the coming days. "We will inform about its status and movement later," Balachandran said. While the depression earlier this week has weakened into a low pressure on Friday evening, IMD has forecast a fresh low pressure area to form over south Andaman sea on Saturday, which is likely to intensify into a depression over east central and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal on November 15 after moving west-northwestwards. The agency has forecast heavy rain in many other parts of the state on Saturday and over neighbouring districts Kanchipuram, Tiruvallur and Chengalpettu on Sunday. "For the next two days, Chennai and the suburbs are likely to get light to moderate rain over some areas," he said in a press meet. S Balachandran, DDG, IMD said Tamil Nadu registered 10cm rainfall between November 7 and 12 against a normal 4cm, which is 142% excess and Chennai has recorded 46cm rainfall against an average 8cm, which is 491% surplus. However, the nodal weather agency has forecast another low-pressure area to form over the south Andaman sea on Saturday, which is likely to intensify into a depression. Bloggers said there may not be another spell of heavy spells till a mid-next week.
IMD has forecast light to moderate rain over the city for the next two days. CHENNAI: After nearly five days of rainfall battered the city, which according to meteorologists was five times more than normal, residents can now heave a sigh of relief as rain intensity is likely to be less at least for the next four days.