It is often said while Cyclone tracks could turn out similar but no two cyclones are the same. For weather bloggers this gives an opportunity to learn behavior of Cyclones each time a new one comes. Very rarely two cyclones come through similar paths back to back. It is a rather painful memory way back…
Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam
Bay Depression struggles for organization
The Depression over South Bay continues to slowly churn to the East of Sri Lanka, now lying about 500 kms to the East of Batticaloa. Whether the effect of staying in the lower latitudes or possibly the impact of moving in a moderate shear zone the depression continues to show erratic development struggling to get…
Isolated Rains likely over Coastal Tamil Nadu
The buzz once again has started to not only revolve around the current Low Pressure over Equatorial Bay but also on the possible next pulse as well with many potentially expecting the current LPA to become a possible cyclone. Here is today’s COMK output on what to expect in the coming days & why this…
NEM moves into Power Play Mode
After a lot of thought this special #COMK Update has been given for the remaining NEM2020 season primarily to warn the farmers of Tamil Nadu to be adequately prepared for possible back to back spells of heavy rainfall episodes in the weeks to come. Our regular followers know we are careful in avoiding long term…
Severe Cyclone Nivar all set to notch a gear in intensity
Severe Cyclone Nivar is getting ready to flex its muscles as it targets touch down over North Coastal Tamil Nadu later tonight. Any Cyclone tracking is an extremely strenuous job with the constant real time observations needed to correlate against model estimates. Unlike rainfall events this correlation of real time observations with model estimates becomes…