It is always a tricky thing to estimate rains in Chennai particularly during the Southwest Monsoon time when most rains in Chennai is through convective activity triggered by atmospheric instabilities or by strong sea breeze fronts that interact with remnant moisture travelling across Peninsular India from the West Coast under the monsoon surge. The last…
Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam
Cloudy Conditions expected to continue in Chennai with drizzly morning likely
The last couple of days have seen cloudy conditions prevail over Chennai and other parts of North Tamil Nadu under the influence of the Low Pressure Area that has developed off the North Andhra Pradesh Coast. Thanks to the cloudy conditions the day time temperature has been staying around 30 degrees right through the day…
Telengana likely to be under heavy spell of rains, mostly dry weather in TN
After two continuous days of intense rains weather in Chennai was mostly cloudy and dull yesterday with a quite day on the rain front as well. The day was marked by the absence of sea breeze front which did not move inland at all making it an uncomfortable evening though the overall temperature for the…
Chennai Rains continue for second day, less chance for a Hat trick
For the second straight day Chennai Rains showed once again why the transition thunderstorms of September are really unique. It was central city area and places around Nungambakkam which recorded near cloud burst conditions on Friday. Yesterday saw South Chennai & the suburbs record similar intensity rains. There is a saying in Tamil for the…
Midnight Rains in Chennai, fair chance for evening rains today as well
In what is likely to set the tone for September Midnight rains in Chennai lashed many parts of the city with heavy & intense spells in a few areas. The IMD observatory in Nungambakkam recorded 41 mm from these spells of rains in Chennai with the rainfall rate touching above 200 mm an hour recording…