Heavy overnight Rains lashed many parts of Chennai as slow moving thunderstorms that intensified closer to the coast dumped more than 7 cms of rains in less than three hours at the IMD observatory in Chennai AP. While Southern parts of the city recorded this monster spell Northern parts of Chennai was left with only…
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Active Monsoon over West Coast
Southwest Monsoon has remained active over the West Coast for the past couple of days. Friday saw Kudlu in Kasargod district of Kerala record the first 30 cm rainfall of this year’s monsoon season in the state. Inflows have certainly picked up in the Cauvery basin as well though a repeat of last year’s amazing…
Monsoon Surge Off Kerala Coast
Southwest Monsoon has started its revival process aided by conducive conditions in the form of a feeble off shore trough and a circulation in Bay of Bengal. This will be a very critical spell of rains for the Cauvery basin. While parts of Chennai recorded light rains last evening places like Cuddalore recorded heavy thunderstorms…
Monsoon set for a revival
The last few days have seen the Monsoon trough staying close to the foothills of Himalayas thereby creating break in Monsoon conditions. Simultaneously thunderstorm activity increased over interior areas and places like Chennai benefited from the West to East moving storms. Now things are rolling into place for Monsoon to revive in what is likely…
Thunderstorms to continue over Peninsular India
The last couple of days Tamil Nadu has been seen thunderstorms in many parts of the state. Yesterday places in Delta like Thanjavur, Kumbakonam, Nagapattinam along with parts of Tiruvannamalai and Villupuram district recorded moderate to heavy spells of thunderstorm late in the evening. While Chennai may have missed the Rains during the weekend it…