Since the onset of Monsoon over Kerala on 30th May interior Peninsular India has been seeing thunderstorms almost day. As is always the case chance for coastal places like Chennai improves when the steering winds get stronger. The steering winds at this time of the year is from the west in line with the seasonal…
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Monsoon progress to remain weak but thunderstorms to light up interiors
Southwest Monsoon, the most anticipated weather event globally, made onset over the Indian mainland on 30th May. 1st June is the traditional onset date for Monsoon over Kerala (MOK). But this year helped by Cyclone Remal Monsoon touched Kerala shares two days in advance. Normally while monsoon touches Kerala coast South TN also sees onset…
Chennai and suburbs to remain the hottest part of Tamil Nadu
On Tuesday both the IMD observatories at Chennai recorded their hottest day of this year’s summer. While the airport observatory recorded 41.3°C the city observatory recorded 41.1°C. On Monday the Nungambakkam observatory recorded its first 40°C of the summer by reaching 40.6°C. Chennai AP observatory saw temperature of 39.8°C at 5:30 PM indicating how weak…
Summer Returns for Chennai and suburbs
For most common people summer in Tamil Nadu is associated with Agni Nakshathiram / Kathiri veyyil period etc. Just as summer season is not the same across Indian sub-continent peak summer season changes within Tamil Nadu too. Kanyakumari and parts of West TN share a closer connect to Kerala than rest of TN in terms…
Low Pressure Area likely to form over Southwest Bay in the next 48 hours
The North Indian Ocean basin (Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal) typically see two cyclone seasons every year. The first season happens when transition happens between Easterly to Westerly winds. April and May see cyclones often playing a role in these seasonal reversal of winds. The second season coincides with the Northeast Monsoon season. Once…