Since the weekend moderate thunderstorm activity has been continuing over Tamil Nadu though it has been scattered and not exactly as the Break in Monsoon period thunderstorms which are more widespread & intense. Yesterday saw fairly wide spread activity over parts of South TN with places in Pudukottai, Madurai, Dindigul & Sivaganga districts recording moderate…
Suppressed Monsoon likely to continue over S. India
The last week or two has seen Monsoon remain relatively quiet over South India with even the Ghats slowly seeing reduced rainfall numbers. Talacauvery, a place which is associated with the performance of Southwest Monsoon recorded 0 mm for the first time this season for 24 hours ending today morning. Though Tamil Nadu has been…
Coastal TN may see an active day of thunderstorms
It is often said sea breeze is the savior for Chennai modulating our day time temperatures towards the evening and bringing a waft of humidity through the city. The common public may not realize one other role sea breeze plays in bringing another key weather event to Chennai, Rains associated with thunderstorms, particularly during Southwest…
Thunderstorms likely to return over Tamil Nadu
Over the last week or so thunderstorm activity has been relatively subdued over most of Tamil Nadu with only feeble rainfall activity seen at times over places in North TN. Couple of days back parts of Vellore district recorded light rains which was the only note worthy incident this week though Chennai has been recording…
Back to Back Lows keep Monsoon dynamics purring
Monsoon continues to remain active over Central India & parts of Northwest India over the past few days though Peninsular India remains sub par in terms of rainfall received. As explained in the post couple of days back the intra seasonal Monsoon oscillation has been favorable for Central India while monsoon remains suppressive over Peninsular…