There is an Old Saying “முதல் கோணல் முற்றிலும் கோணல்”, Monsoon 2019 started on a weak wicket with a delayed onset pretty much setting the trend so far. It is indeed not a good reading to see core Southwest Monsoon regions like Kerala, Coastal Karnataka, Konkan reeling under very high deficits with the 3rd week of…
During the last couple of weeks Chennai has been seeing only hot hot weather. Nungambakkam has been recording above 40 degree Celsius since 8th June except for one day similar has been the case with Meenambakkam as well. With cyclone Vayu going through a long life cycle the moisture over Peninsular India reduced drastically playing…
Since the Onset of Southwest Monsoon over Kerala on 8th June, Chennai Nungambakkam has seen the maximum temperature cross 40°C on six days while 3 of those days it crossed 41°C. During the same period the IMD observatory Meenambakkam crossed 41°C on six occasions. The satellite image not only shows about the poor monsoon conditions…
Veppa Salanam thunderstorms as they are called often in Tamil Nadu is a weather event that always fascinates weather bloggers across the Indian Sub Continent. Pre Monsoon & Post Southwest Monsoon thunderstorms follow a pattern of forming around the Convergence Zones triggered by the seasonal wind changes, as the wind pattern shifts East to West…
Very Severe Cyclone Vayu has been slowly moving towards the Gujarat coast, as it continues to intensify under conducive sea surface and atmospheric conditions. Currently lying around 300 kms to the Southwest of Mumbai its been moving at a jogging pace at about 10 km/h in a rough North/Northwest direction. While all the talk has…
