Light to moderate rains are expected to continue across Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal area on Friday.
According to the Indian Meteorological department, thunderstorm and lightning at one or two areas of Tamil Nadu is also expected.
Western disturbances bring non-monsoonal rainfall to northwest India, as well as sudden winter rain to the northwestern parts of the Indian subcontinent.
A deep easterly wave prevailing over peninsular India could bring heavy rainfall in Tamil Nadu and Kerala over the next couple of days, a scientist with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday.
"Orange Alert for Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Karaikal! Prepare for heavy to very heavy rainfall (115.6 to 204.4 mm) on November 22nd and 23rd, IMD said in a post on X.
The deep depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclonic storm 'Midhili' on Friday morning, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
A well-marked low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal Sea moved westwards and concentrated into a depression on Wednesday, an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said on Wednesday.
A low-pressure area has been formed over the west-central Bay of Bengal. This system will get intensified and will go northwards. There may be rain on November 15th, 16th, and 17th in east India and northeast India, Soma Sen, a senior scientist with IMD said while speaking to ANI.
A low-pressure area has formed over the Bay of Bengal and is likely to intensify into a depression around November 16, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday.