Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam

The last couple of days has seen weather in Chennai resemble summer days with high day time temperatures and uncomfortable evenings.  Thanks to clearer skies and strong Westerlies places all along the Coastal TN between Chennai & Nagappattinam have been seeing fairly high day time max temperatures.  Yesterday was not exception with both the Chennai…

The last few days has seen Weather in Chennai stay hotter than normal during day time conditions.  Since 4th of August the temperatures have stayed above normal in Chennai with the last couple of days Nungambakkam has been recording temperatures that are 3 / 4 degrees higher than normal.  Other coastal places of North Tamil…

While Rains in Tamil Nadu continue to stay away since the turn of August the last few days have seen Westerlies dominate the weather pattern for the state.  Yesterday saw one of the hottest days in the last couple of weeks as both the observatories in Chennai crossed 37 degrees for the firs time since…

It takes two to tango, Southwest Monsoon & Western Ghats are a pair that dances to a matching tune. A tune that provides for heavy rains to one side of the mountains while the other side of the mountains pretty much end up dry and a perfect example of Rain Shadow region as we have…

With Southwest Monsoon continuing to be very active int he core monsoon zone rains in Tamil Nadu have taken a back seat with pretty much dry weather dominating the state.  While day before saw no major rains in any place according to the Daily Rainfall report issued by IMD Chennai, yesterday saw only Valparai PTO,…