The Regional Weather Department has forecast rains in many coastal and interior parts of Tamil Nadu for the next few days. The advancement of the North East Monsoon has been bringing widespread rains all over the State.

The Weather Department has warned fishermen not to venture into the sea due to squally weather which is likely to prevail along and off Kerala Coast, Lakshadweep area, Gulf of Mannar adjoining the Comorin area.

According to the weather department, the trough from the centre of low pressure area over Southwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining Tamil Nadu coast to north coastal Andhra Pradesh at 3.1 km above mean sea level has become less marked.