Over the past couple of days thunderstorm activity over Tamil Nadu has been weak with Westerlies holding sway over things. Earlier this week the East West Shear Zone was running closer to Tamil Nadu latitude creating unstable atmospheric conditions over the state triggering thunderstorms in the process, with the East West Shear Zone now lying…
As many would know the traditional start of Southwest Monsoon Withdrawal from the Northwestern Parts of India for many years used to be 1st of September. Over the last decade or so the withdrawal has mostly started around Mid of September picking pace only towards end Sept or early October. Consequently after detailed assimilation of…
After a week or so of fairly active thunderstorm spell over Tamil Nadu, can sense a lot of disappointed weather bloggers from Chennai, the development of a Low Pressure Area over Central Bay region is likely to bring back monsoon dynamics over the West Coast. This Low Pressure Area is also likely to pull back…
In an interesting development which normally does not happen often on the one hand Monsoon Trough has been staying closer to the Himalyan Foothills leading to good thunderstorm activity over the leeward areas of Peninsular India. Simultaneously an off shore trough running along the West Coast from South Maharasthra to North Kerala Coast is creating…
September is a month that is known for thunderstorms that are fairly intense, travel long distances and sustain for hours together. When Southwest Monsoon starts withdrawing from the country it slowly starts to create scrambled wind pattern bringing with in atmospheric instabilities along with it conducive for thunderstorms to develop & thrive. As things stand…
