“Justice Delayed is justice denied” is a popular legal maxim. With NEM remaining weak over Coastal Tamil Nadu it may not be surprise if people think rains similarly. For the agricultural community one can say “Rains Delayed is Rains denied” especially those who are rain fed. As we see changing rainfall pattern this type of…
Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam
Tamil Nadu Rainfall – A Comfortable Year for most districts
Many a times human perceptions create illusions. Illusions based on our observations around us. Illusions based on personal memories. Memories that get influenced by recent past events. Rains are also no exception to this. Often we have people complaining about poor rains in their places. This becomes a contentious point when one points out about…
Northeast Monsoon Revival. Things falling in place
Over the past few days one of the often asked question is about Northeast Monsoon Revival. With monsoon dynamics remaining weak the question started to becoming louder. But what is forgotten is how good monsoon has been so far this year. For the first time since the start of the season we have had 4…
Diwali to remain mostly dry for Tamil Nadu
Since the start of Northeast Monsoon season it has been a wonderful couple of weeks for Interior Tamil Nadu. The current seasonal performance for TN & PDC stands at 208.3 mm 53% excess than normal rainfall. Among weather bloggers though above average always brings a certain bit of scepticism about overall seasonal performance. A scepticism…
Cyclone Dana to form today, heavy rains likely over South TN
The naming of tropical cyclones has been in prevalence for many years over basins like Atlantic. It was brought in for better identification / communication about individual cyclones. The practice of naming Cyclones over North Indian Ocean started much later. Onil in the year 2004 was the first named cyclone over the North Indian Ocean….