“One man’s meat is another man’s poison” is a very famous adage that was first recorded in 1576. The surprise rainfall event on Wednesday over North TN became the latest example of this. Many felt it was a welcome respite from the hot weather that was firming up. But ask the farmers around North TN…
Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam
Dry Weather to enhance Summer Heat quotient over Tamil Nadu
Somethings never change in life is a very popular sentiment. This has been used by banks on many occasions to communicate to customers. The most famous instance of a financial institution using this sentiment was MasterCard running the “Priceless” Campaign. There are somethings money can’t but for everything else there’s a MasterCard. Similarly summer is…
Round two of Active Summer over North TN
Professional boxing bouts run up to 12 rounds during which both the boxers try to outwit each other. Each round lasts 3 minutes for men and 2 minutes for women. It may not be a surprise if people in Peninsular India feel they are witnessing an atmospheric boxing bout. Since early March Rain and Heat…
Wind discontinuity to bring back Rains over Peninsular India
The past few weeks Peninsular India has alternated between heat and rains like a swinging Pendulum. If one may use the boxing parlance like two boxers heat and thunderstorms have been trading blows every other week. The last few days saw most parts of Peninsular India come under searing heat. During this spell Vellore became…
Summer 2025 to tighten its grip over Tamil Nadu
The last couple of days saw rains over many parts of Peninsular India. Even a few places around Chennai also saw moderate rains as atmospheric instability triggered thunderstorms. The 45.5 mm accumulated until yesterday puts 2025 as the 14th highest for March rains since 1871 for TN & PDC. These mango showers brought marginal respite…