Temperatures went up a notch across most of Tamil Nadu as after a couple of weeks gap the hottest place in the state once again touched 40 degrees Celsius. While Salem, Vellore, Tiruttani & Dharmapuri crossed 39 degrees Karur Paramathi recorded 40 degrees for the first time since 9th March when the first Heat Wave…
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Hot Conditions to Persist over TN
After a few days of moderate heat, temperatures climbed up a bit yesterday with Salem once again inching closer to 39 while numerical models indicate the weekend to be hotter than the past week to ten days. Both the observatories of Chennai recorded higher than 34 degrees as wind patterns were slightly altered by the…
Interior Tamil Nadu to remain Hot & Dry
Yesterday parts of Thootukudi district recorded moderate rains in the morning bringing much needed relief to the people there. But for most other places of Tamil Nadu there has not been much relief from either heat or any favorable spell of rains. The satellite image though clearly indicates why there is no positive news yet…
Isolated rains likely in South TN / Western Ghats
While parts of North & East India have been seeing rains / hailstorms / thunderstorms Peninsular India including Tamil Nadu has been relatively dry. So far since the start of 1st March 2019 when the summer season kicked in TN & PDC has recorded 3.2 mm against the average of 11 mm till yesterday. Yesterday…
Suppressed Weather to prevail over South India
The last few days have seen suppressed weather prevail over South India, influenced by the High Pressure Zone sitting over southern parts of Indian Sub Continent. This has meant clear skies with not much moisture in the atmosphere creating rather dry relatively less humid hot afternoons across the region and cool mornings as well. For…