Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam

Monsoon is a word, Northeast Monsoon aka NEM is an emotion for the weather bloggers & enthusiasts of Tamil Nadu.  This period of about 60 days is possibly unrivaled anywhere in terms of excitement as the emotions ebb and flow along with the model outputs of Global Numerical Models like GFS & ECMWF.   The period…

As Tamil Nadu goes through a lean patch of rains for the past few days the day time temperature has been staying well above normal for the past few days as well.  Chennai was no exception yesterday with Nungambakkam nearly touching 35 degrees while Meenambakkam recorded 35.5 degrees as maximum temperature. Nungambakkam IMD observatory was…

After a few days gap Isolated Rains in Tamil Nadu is set to come back as the Indian Sub Continent gets ready to welcome “Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikaalam” in a few days time.  Devakottai from Sivaganga district recorded 53 mm yesterday while parts of Perambalur, Cuddalore district also recorded some rains in Tamil Nadu.  Kanyakumari district…

The last couple of days it has been mostly dry weather in Tamil Nadu except for some isolated rains in one or two places.  With the Bay Depression moving further north yesterday saw the return of warm weather in Tamil Nadu once again with many places recording above normal temperatures.  The Bay Depression crossed coast…

While Southwest Monsoon continues to withdraw from the Indian sub continent the eyes are now firmly on the onset of Northeast Monsoon.  The retreating monsoon that is the lifeline of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry is the most anticipated event by the weather bloggers of Chennai.  Keeping in mind the importance of Northeast Monsoon we at…