Category: COMK Analysis

Did Madras Really Freeze Over? The Hindu carried a story a couple of days back on a possible event 200 years back when Chennai had sub zero temperatures. Since then one of the most trending stories on Facebook is “When Madras Froze Over”. https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/when-madras-froze-over/article7112961.ece

Among weather enthusiasts one of the most debated topics is whether El Nino affects Indian Monsoon or not? There are a lot of studies that have been conducted over time to prove the arguments on both sides.  Sky Met Weather has recently in association with ASSOCHAM released a study that says Devolving El Nino may…

IMD has officially acknowledged Northeast Monsoon has ended.Though the easterly winds would continue till possibly April the chances of rains would depend hugely on any synoptic conditions in the form of an easterly wave pushed in from Western Pacific or possibly any disturbance developing over in Bay of Bengal.

Lot of discussions happen among weather enthusiasts on what factors provide a good Northeast Monsoon for Chennai.  While there are a lot of factors that influence rains, this analysis is restricted to finding how ENSO & IOD have behaved during various rainfall years to get an understanding on what is an ideal correlation between the two…

The current depression in Bay of Bengal has pretty much ended its life cycle with Shear and Dry Air killing any chance of becoming anything big.  Its currently to the ENE of Chennai and is expected to wind up towards the Indian Coast towards South AP / North TN,  whether it would indeed reach the…