Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam

The trend of evening convective thunderstorms over parts of Tamil Nadu continued yesterday as well with Madurai, Sivagangai & Nagappattinam districts enjoying a fairly good day of rains.  Madurai ISRO weather station recorded 63 mm of which 51 mm fell in a span of one hour.  Nearby Tirumangalam got about 3 cms rains during the…

For the second straight day the South Coastal Tamil Nadu stretch around Pudukottai / Sivaganga districts along with parts of Villupuram district around the Kalvarayan Hills.  Annavaasal in Pudukottai and Melur in Madurai recorded about 3 cms rains while among the major towns Aranthangi & Pudukottai recorded about 1 cm rain yesterday.  As far as…

Many parts of Tamil Nadu got good rains yesterday evening as convective thunderstorms developed triggered by the strong sea breeze front which was absent for the last few days on account of stronger Westerlies.  In particular Thanjavur, Pudukkottai & Sivagangai, Cuddalore and parts of Madurai district enjoyed good rains.  While the western and norther suburbs…

Yesterday saw most of Tamil Nadu go through a fairly hot day as clearer skies brought in an increase in temperature with the state seeing its 1st 40°C in almost a week as Madurai & Tiruttani recorded crossed the 40°C mark.  Chennai Meenambakkam recorded 39°C which was 1.7°C above normal for this time of the…

While the West Coast has been active under Southwest Monsoon conditions Chennai has been seeing dry hot weather conditions prevail.  Yesterday the two Chennai observatories, Meenambakkam & Nungambakkam were the hottest IMD observatories in Tamil Nadu possibly indicating the strength of Westerlies which did not allow any chance for sea breeze to give early respite…