Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam

As we slowly get into the time of the year when the infamous Chennai Summer phrase starts getting talked about everywhere its time to see reality on its face and get adequately prepared.   Chennai for most of the year so far has been provided protection from the Easterly breeze from Bay of Bengal keeping…

We have been shown a taste of Summer in Tamil Nadu over the last few fortnights in bits and pieces particularly around the middle of March when the interiors were sizzling under the afternoon heat for days together.  After a few false starts Summer in Tamil Nadu is expected to pick up pace once for…

After a few days of respite Heatwave in Tamil Nadu is set to comeback along with the rest of the region.  The last few days has seen some bit of easing of hot weather both in terms of marginal reduction in the day time temperatures and also in the form of some much needed rains…

With the advent of April Rains in Kerala seem to be an almost daily affair thanks to the development of the Line of Wind Discontinuity at lower levels regularly.  This Line of Wind Discontinuity creates the necessary instability in the atmosphere to provide rains for the West coast of Peninsular India particularly to Kerala and…

It is an irony the season of Veppa Salanam Rains, a term popularized by Dr. Ramanan of IMD, starts in earnest effect a few days after the retirement of the man.   In our yesterday’s post we had written about possible rains for Interior Tamil Nadu around the Erode / Hosur / Dharmapuri region.  While…