Thunderstorms have returned back over Tamil Nadu. Tuesday saw Madurai & surrounding places record good rains with the IMD observatory recording 88 mm much to the surprise of many weather bloggers who for long feel this observatory is as cursed as Nungambakkam missing every spell of rains in the vicinity. Yesterday after evening storms around…
Moderate Thunderstorm Activity to return over TN
The last few days have seen dull weather prevail over most of Tamil Nadu with dry conditions prevailing. It is often seen the wind induced instabilities provide the best conditions for thunderstorms to develop over the interior areas of Tamil Nadu. This instability is seen mostly when Monsoon Lows are evolving over the Bay creating…
Monsoon Withdrawal to make slow Progress
Suppressed Conditions continue to persist over the southern parts of Peninsular India with thunderstorms tapering off gradually. Yesterday was very little activity with thunderstorms over very few places in TN. With more Northerly winds seen across Peninsular India, influenced by the LPA, dry weather is likely to continue for the next couple of days or…
Southwest Monsoon Season ends with a flourish for TN
As many of our followers know there is a distinct difference between the Southwest Monsoon Season & Southwest Monsoon conditions. While the season runs between 1st of June & 30th of September every year the Monsoon onset & withdrawal varies every year depending on prevailing conditions. Effective this year IMD has even made some changes…
Isolated Intense Thunderstorms likely over North TN
Yesterday saw thunderstorms show its face all across Coastal Tamil Nadu from southern parts of Chennai right up to South Delta areas. Many places got very intense spell of rains with the PWS of fellow blogger Ramanan at Mambalam recording 40 mm rains in 15 minutes during the evening hours. Ironically few parts of Chennai…