In recent years names like Vardah, Thane, Ockhi are etched in the memory of people from Tamil Nadu. These have one more thing in common apart from impacting Tamil Nadu. All of these are late season cyclones that formed during La Nina years. Old timers may remember the Dhanushkodi Cyclone, one of the strongest to…
Category: COMK Analysis
NEM 2024 likely to be a season of non stop disturbances
One of the biggest challenges in disseminating weather information is striking a balance. Striking a balance between not triggering a panic and people dropping the guard. A similar dilemma is how far do you crystal gaze considering weather is very dynamic. But at time one decides prevention is better than cure. Today’s post is to…
Another year Mettur treated as a flood surplus reservoir
In less than 12 hours from the time this post goes live for the first time in 19 months Mettur will reach Full Reservoir Level. The mainstream media will carry about how it has reached FRL for the nth time in so many years etc. With the inflow expected to remain high today and tomorrow…
Rapidly warming North Indian Ocean – Intensifying Cyclones
The Blue Marble is one of the most iconic satellite images taken ever. It is the photo of the earth taken in December 1972 nearly 30000 kms away. This image pretty much visually explains why the Earth is called the Blue Planet. Nearly 71% of the earth’s surface is covered by water so the planet…
Northeast Monsoon 2023 – Seasonal Outlook
Butterflies in your stomach a feeling of being very nervous or frightened about something Science says there are multiple reasons for “Butterflies in Stomach” though more often than not it is associated with a period of anxiety and nervousness. For the weather bloggers of Chennai possibly the closest feeling to butterflies in the stomach is…