Chennai, March 6 -- Dog days are ahead as people of Tamil Nadu are bracing up for intense heat wave conditions ahead of the peak summer season, as the mercury level spiked by a couple of notches, with eight places recording temperatures above 100 Deg F, on Thursday.

Met office sources said the North Interior Tirupattur district, which recorded the 100 Deg F mark for the first time this season two days back, continued to reel under searing heat recording the day's highest of 102.5 deg F today.

Other areas which recorded 100 Deg F mark included Karur Paramthi, Erode, Salem, Madurai Airport, Tiruchirapalli Airport and Vellore.

Though the rise in temperatures over the last two days has signalled the arrival of summer, the peak summer s...