In what was a “Blockbuster Entry” Southwest Monsoon thunderstorms registered their presence across Chennai and surrounding parts of North Tamil Nadu. While most models were not so confident of afternoon thunderstorms for Chennai, ICON with German Precision picked the thunderstorms perfectly bringing much relief after what was a fairly hot day. Almost all areas of…
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Faint Chance for Thunderstorms around Chennai
Thunderstorms so far has been Hit & Miss for parts of Coastal Tamil Nadu including Chennai. While the last couple of days have seen coastal areas around Puducherry, Chidambaram get some afternoon / evening thunderstorms slightly up North things have not been great for places like Chennai with either steering winds being weak or storms…
Active Monsoon Surge to Hit West Coast
As Southwest Monsoon completes its onset over the entire state of Tamil Nadu the entire weather blogging community in India is now looking forward to what could be a monstrous onset over the Konkan region. Since May 30th Southwest Monsoon has been stationary over the West coast with slow progress on the East Coast. On…
State of Flux provides thunderstorm opportunities
We keep mentioning often about instabilities, especially when we look at thunderstorm opportunities. The very popular Dr. Ramanan used to mention often about uncertainty being the biggest challenge in tropical weather when media used to often question him on the difference in weather forecasts between us & places like Europe. Tropical Weather thrives on this…
ChennaiRains so near yet so far
In a lesson showing Weather watching requires a lot of patience yesterday saw a case of ChennaiRains so near yet so far as thunderstorms teased & tormented not only the weather bloggers but a lot of the common public as well with rains brushing a few suburban areas of the metropolis while showcasing a sound…