Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam

The last few days have seen the night time temperature in Chennai consistently come down due to reduction of cloud cover.  Last night saw minimum temperature dip by at least 1 degree compared to the last few days across the city with both IMD observatories and many private weather stations across the city seeing the…

Weather in Tamil Nadu continues to remain in suppressed mode along with rest of the country with dry weather continuing to dominate across the region.  2016 is turning out to be a year to study for Tropical Meteorologists across the year thanks to the regular pattern being thrown out of the window consistently since mid…

It would not be an understatement to say the weather charts over Tamil Nadu resembles a late December day rather than a late November day when Northeast Monsoon is active.  Moisture along South Coastal Tamil Nadu & Sri Lanka while rest of Peninsular India is under dry continental winds is not what you normally associate…

Northeast Monsoon 2016 is pretty much confined to the low latitudes of Indian Sub Continent as Sri Lanka & parts of Extreme Southern Peninsular India has been receiving rains.  Pamban has recorded about 47 mm rains until 5:30 AM in the morning while neighbouring Ramanathapuram has recorded about 20 mm for the 24 hours ending…

The dry weather in Chennai that has been showing up for the last few days is expected to continue for a few more days in North Tamil Nadu.  The Trough of Low along the equator continues to persist though it appears it may not climb up the latitude as expected by the models.  Most parts…