Scattered to fairly widespread rain/thundershowers will come back to Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal, Kerala, Mahe and Lakshadweep over the South Peninsula and likely sustain an intense spell of rain and thundershowers as part of the revival of the North-East monsoon into the weekend and the next.

More geographical area than earlier expected may get impacted by the rain-laden easterly wave with the wet spell getting extended over the larger South Peninsula. Easterly waves move fast and straight across the Bay of Bengal, and usually are known to target Tamil Nadu and Kerala, apart from Sri Lanka to the South.

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