Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam

With July coming to and end Southwest Monsoon completes the first half of the season and is an ideal time to take stock of the situation and find out how the season has evolved so far.   Our earlier June review of the Southwest Monsoon Story so far can be accessed here https://www.chennairains.com/archives/southwest-monsoon-2016-story-far-june-review/. To start with…

In a welcome development early morning rains in Chennai of light to moderate intensity was recorded in many areas.  The interior places of Tamil Nadu & adjoining areas of South AP & Karnataka recorded another day of widespread rains with heavy rains in many places for almost a week now.   Yesterday has seen parts…

For the fourth straight day many parts of Tamil Nadu has got rains with the interiors once again enjoying the best spells while coastal areas had passing showers or light rains at most places.  Parts of Vellore, Trichy, Virudhunagar, Erode, Madurai & Tiruppur districts recorded moderate to heavy rains in many places.   Madurai &…

Since the turn of the week Southwest Monsoon has been active over Peninsular India with many places in the region getting moderate to heavy rains.  These rains have been characterized by intense bursts of rains during late evening / night as many places have witnesses rainfall rates in excess of 5 cms an hour.  Hosur…

Last evening / overnight saw widespread rains in Tamil Nadu with almost all of the state getting rains except for Chennai and districts to the South of Madurai.  If one were to look at the rainfall pattern in West TN Hosur & Palacode got about 9 cms while in North TN RK Pet near Tiruttani…