The Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, said this morning that intense convective clouds over the Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kanchipuram, Chengalpattu, Puducherry and Cuddalore districts have the potential to continue the heavy rainfall activity over these areas until noon.

Separately, it said that heavy rain may lash Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kanchipuram, Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Ramanathapuram, Tirunelveli, Cuddalore, Thoothukudi, Mayiladuthurai, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam districts. Chennai may remain generally cloudy with occasional thunderstorms and light-to-moderate rain, heavy at times.