While Northeast Monsoon has possibly seen some very active & vigorous phases in South TN and also at times over Delta as well North TN has pretty much seen very subdued monsoon conditions so far. Both Chennai observatories are seeing deficit conditions with Chennai Nungambakkam recording only 40% of the NEM average so far and…
Cyclone Gaja after creating havoc over many parts of Delta & subsequently interior places of districts like Dindigul, Pudukottai, Tiruchirappalli created a new history of sorts when hill stations like Kodaikanal & Munnar were witness to cyclonic conditions. Maintaining strong intensity despite its interaction over the mighty Palani Hills region of Western Ghats Cyclone Gaja…
Defying all odds Cyclone Gaja made landfall as a very strong Cyclone around mid night near Vedaranyam. While the initial estimates where for a intensity reduction by Cyclone Gaja just before landfall. But the whole of yesterday Cyclone Gaja continued to intensify and made landfall as a marginal Category 2 Cyclone over the delta region….
Cyclone Gaja continues to bear down towards the coast of Tamil Nadu. Contrary to the previous two days movement the disturbance showed decisiveness yesterday picking up speed during the second half of the day and continuing in a general SW movement. Satellite image clearly indicates the tight wrapping of the system since yesterday afternoon. This…
After stuttering and ambling around Central Bay Cyclone Gaja finally has started to make a dash towards the Tamil Nadu Coast. Taking nearly 24 hours to complete a loop while continuing to remain unorganized the system climbed up latitude by a few points slightly altering the overall dynamics marginally which could influence the rainfall pattern. Currently…
