Break in Monsoon as a phenomenon is being discussed about for nearly 140 years now. Henry Willaims Blanford, the first official meteorologist of India in the year 1886 had identified these large intra seasonal oscillations as ‘duringthe height of rains’ and ‘intervals of drought’. While the early days of these oscillations were identified through surface…
Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam
Isolated Thunderstorms likely over North TN
Last couple of days have been dull days as far as thunderstorms go over Tamil Nadu, while it was expected Thursday could have been a dull day on account of the fairly widespread thunderstorm activity that happened on Wednesday the absence of any large scale factors meant yesterday was fairly quiet with not much activity…
Moderate thunderstorm activity likely over Tamil Nadu
While tracking weather many a times a very important factor that is ignored by weather bloggers is Climatology. On the one hand looking to track unseasonal rains through thunderstorms bring forth a certain pleasure when it materializes one should never forget Climatology exists for a reason. If one were to look at the long term…
Monsoon 2021 heading for its first Break like conditions
The events over the last few days once again has proved Bay of Bengal is indeed the Boss of Bays even as far as Southwest Monsoon goes even though for most people it is Arabian Sea that takes all the TRP. While a few may argue it is the offshore trough that is the trigger…
Active Monsoon Conditions continue over West Coast
The last couple of days have seen Southwest Monsoon pick up pace over the ‘west coast with heavy to very heavy rains happening over the coastal areas & the Ghats as well. While southern sides of Peninsular India is getting moderate to heavy rains, the coastal areas of Karnataka & South Konkan has been under…