Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam

While places like Chennai in the East Coast of India look forward to Easterlies at this time of the year in the hope of some rains to give respite the other side of Peninsular India dread strong Easterlies at this time of the year.  Strong Easterlies during December – February almost always end up creating…

Weather in Tamil Nadu continues to be dry with not much change expected in the conditions over the next few days. As we slowly get to the warmer days of the year we will slowly get to see the temperatures inching up for both day time and night time. As one can see from the…

The last couple of days have seen isolated rains over Coastal Tamil Nadu under the influence of the Easterlies.  In particular yesterday saw places in Delta & south coastal Tamil Nadu record moderate rains.  Vedaranyam, Adirampattnam and Paramakkudi recorded 4 cms rains for the 24 hours ending 8:30 AM, 14th February 2017.  Similarly light rains…

Under the influence of the Easterlies some parts of Coastal Tamil Nadu is likely to see isolated rains over the next 24 hours or so.  Going by available model indications the rains are likely to be isolated in Central and South Tamil Nadu with mostly passing showers and light spells.  Under the orographic effect one…

The trend of cooler than normal nights in Chennai and other parts of North Tamil Nadu has got a break with nights set to become warmer under the influence of weak Easterlies that is set set influence Coastal Tamil Nadu over the next few days.  While the Easterlies are unlikely to be strong enough to…