Yesterday saw a pick up in thunderstorms over Tamil Nadu as moderate to heavy rains lashed parts of Pudukottai & Sivaganga districts along with a few parts of delta areas in Thanjavur & Nagappattinam districts. Manamadurai AWS recorded 36 mm of which 35 mm fell in one hour between 5:30 and 6:30 PM. After nearly…
With Southwest Monsoon on Durango mode for the past few days thunderstorm activity while not completely stopping saw a weak phase over most of Tamil Nadu. After stalling for majority of June aided by positive developments on either side Southwest Monsoon went on a coast to coast slalom run covering most of the country except…
Yesterday saw parts of Chennai & Suburbs record moderate thunderstorm activity triggered by a perfectly placed sea breeze front in the late afternoon. Yesterday’s radar was a classic case of how sea breeze could trigger thunderstorms on its own as places around Guindy, Chromepet saw light rains around 4 PM in the evening. If one…
After two bad years Cauvery Basin has seen a strong start this year on the back of an early Monsoon Onset over Peninsular India. As a matter of fact the current year’s storage levels are the highest this decade for this time of the year. At nearly 60 TMC the storage at Karnataka dams has…
After few days of disappointment yesterday saw some spell of Rains in Chennai return back. In particular some of the Western and Northern suburbs of Chennai recorded moderate rains. While both the major IMD observatories at Nungambakkam & Meenambakkam missed out on rains the IMD weather stations at Puzhal & Madhavaram recorded 9 & 5…
