Pluviophiles : A lover of rain; someone who finds joy and peace of mind during rainy days. Weather Bloggers more often than not are Pluviophiles by heart and it is not surprising when most of them expect to rain almost always even if the climatological factors do not favor. But the ones who attain Zen state…
Pendulum is one of the favorite word of this blog, while it is used regularly to explain the rainfall pattern during Southwest Monsoon & the thunderstorms over the leeward areas of Tamil Nadu. Today we will use “Pendulum” in the classic way – “a sign of changing times”. Both satellite images & wind charts from…
As excitement builds in anticipation of the possible onset of Northeast Monsoon weather models have been churning different scenarios based on dynamically changing conditions both locally & globally. Nevertheless it is only fair to expect some bit of concurrence among models about the possible Onset window before the end of the month possibly supported by…
Yesterday much to the relief of many rains started slowing down along the West Coast & in the Ghats. In a much needed development this would allow the disaster management teams to focus on relief & rescue operations in places that have been seeing floods & landslides with many reported in the High Ranges of…
One of the most common debates that happen among weather bloggers is whether LPA or Cyclone gives more rains, there are enough evidences to support both sides of the arguments. Yesterday turned out to be another case of additional support for those who argue for LPAs’. A weak LPA under right conditions can dump a…
