Heavy rainfall expected in Western Tamil Nadu

Chennai:
Heavy rainfall is expected in Western Tamil Nadu especially in hilly areas of Coimbatore, Erode,  Theni  and Nilgiris in the next 48 hours as the upper air cyclonic circulation over Sri Lanka has moved to Comorin area, according to regional meteorological department here.
Regional Meteorological centre, director S R Ramanan said due to this phenomenon moderate to rather heavy rain would occur at many places in Tamil Nadu over Vellore, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Tiruvannamalai, Salem, Namakkal, Erode, Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Dindugal, Karur, Tiruchirapalli, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Theni, Dindigul, Madurai, Sivagangai and  Virudhunagar districts of Tamil Nadu.  
Light to moderate rain would also occur at a few places over remaining districts  of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Isolated heavy rain may occur over  hill ranges of Nilgiris, Coimbatore and Erode districts of Tamil Nadu  during the next 48 hours
Interestingly, the city is likely to be partly cloudy with rain or thundershower likely to occur in some areas during evening or night.
Meanwhile, Gobichettypalayam in Erode district recieved 110 mm of rain followed by Shoolagiri in Krishnagiri (100 millimeter of rain), Thali (Krishnagiri Dist) 80mm, Rayakottah (Krishnagiri Dist) 70mm, Hosur (Krishnagiri Dist), Thalavadi (Erode Dist) and  Ennore AWS (Tiruvallur Dist) 50mm each.