Over the past few days one of the often asked question is about Northeast Monsoon Revival. With monsoon dynamics remaining weak the question started to becoming louder. But what is forgotten is how good monsoon has been so far this year. For the first time since the start of the season we have had 4…
Month: October 2024
Diwali to remain mostly dry for Tamil Nadu
Since the start of Northeast Monsoon season it has been a wonderful couple of weeks for Interior Tamil Nadu. The current seasonal performance for TN & PDC stands at 208.3 mm 53% excess than normal rainfall. Among weather bloggers though above average always brings a certain bit of scepticism about overall seasonal performance. A scepticism…
Cyclone Dana to form today, heavy rains likely over South TN
The naming of tropical cyclones has been in prevalence for many years over basins like Atlantic. It was brought in for better identification / communication about individual cyclones. The practice of naming Cyclones over North Indian Ocean started much later. Onil in the year 2004 was the first named cyclone over the North Indian Ocean….
Interior Tamil Nadu to see active monsoon conditions
Over the past week to 10 days weather in Peninsular India is under the influence of multiple circulations. During the onset phase of Northeast Monsoon 2024 we saw two disturbances on either side of Peninsular India. The interplay between circulations will allow moisture to get recycled regularly in Peninsular India. This also meant Interior Tamil…
NEM 2024 likely to be a season of non stop disturbances
One of the biggest challenges in disseminating weather information is striking a balance. Striking a balance between not triggering a panic and people dropping the guard. A similar dilemma is how far do you crystal gaze considering weather is very dynamic. But at time one decides prevention is better than cure. Today’s post is to…