अलविदा Alvida (Hindi: अलविदा) means “farewell ” or “adieu” not simply “good bye”. You do not expect to see him/it again if you tell alvida to someone or something. The word comes from the Arabic alwida (Arabic : الوداع). Speakers of some languages not limited to Urdu and Hindi pronounce the “w” as a “v”,…
Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam
Warm winter conditions to persist over Peninsular India
More than 2/3rds of the Earth’s surface area is occupied oceans and it is no wonder much of the heat generated by human activity is absorbed by the oceans. This in turn influences Global weather in various forms which could be a separate post all together. In the context of today’s post long term trends…
Sub par winter conditions to continue over Peninsular India
On 14th January IMD announced the withdrawal of Northeast Monsoon from Tamilnadu, Puducherry & Karaikal, adjoining areas of Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam, Kerala & Mahe, South Interior Karnataka and Rayalaseema bringing to an end to the NEM season that began on 21st October 2023. A season that started slowly, performed erratically punctuated by extreme…
Conditions favourable for the withdrawal of Northeast Monsoon
In a couple of days time many parts of Peninsular India will celebrate their annual harvest festival Pongal / Sankranthi. While Lohri / Magh Bigu / Poush Sankranthi may not be the traditional harvest festivals of the regions they are also celebrated to herald a change in season. In a way it is apt we…
South TN to keep a watch on possible heavy rains in a day or two.
Over the last 24 hours or so most parts of Coastal Tamil Nadu between Delta dts and Chennai received moderate to heavy rains under the influence of an interaction between Mid Latitude Westerly Trough and a trough of Easterlies over Southwest Bay of Bengal. As is the case more often than not when an interaction…