As the delta districts celebrate the Kaveri Maha Pushkaram the once in 144 years event in a late season flourish Southwest Monsoon has possibly given a parting gift to the Cauvery Basin making a far more comfortable situation compared to 2016. As most regular observers would know Southwest Monsoon holds the key for almost all…
Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam
Dry Weather Ahead for a few days in Tamil Nadu
While most of Tamil Nadu saw dry weather yesterday, across the coast Mumbai saw a day that reminded the citizens of the earlier deluge days as rains battered the Metropolis from late afternoon well into the night with many suburbs crossing 25 cms and seeing hourly rain rates touch as high as 7 cms at…
Southwest Monsoon to notch up a gear
Yesterday contrary to the expectations of weather bloggers and what most models estimated parts of Chennai recorded sharp spells of rains with the core city areas enjoying the bulk of the rains while most of the suburbs possibly getting Saaral Mazhai especially in the southern suburbs. As one can see from the map the bulk…
Active Days ahead for West Coast
Southwest Monsoon continues to remain active over the West Coast with another good day of rains seen over most parts of Kerala yesterday. Places in the Western Ghats of Coimbatore like Valparai and in the Nilgirs as well have got very good rains too with Valparai crossing century by 5:30 PM yesterday. The heaviest rains…
Monsoon Flexes Muscle as West Coast set for a Pounding
After a break of a week or so yesterday saw the return of rains to Chennai as many places in the city recorded light to moderate spells of rains late in the evening. The southern suburbs of the city along OMR and places around Chennai Airport possibly got the best spells as the storms moved…