After a few days of intense heat places along the coast got some respite yesterday due to the arrival of weak sea breeze early in the afternoon for places like Chennai. Further away from the coast there was no respite with sea breeze unable to make a headway until late in the evening. Tiruttani recorded…
No respite from Heat for North TN
Since Tuesday the heat quotient over North TN has increased with both Chennai observatories recording above 41ºC for the past three days while the IMD Observatory at Chennai AP recording two consecutive days of 42ºC for the past couple of days touching 42.5ºC which was the highest recording since 10th of June last year. As…
Real Summer starts for North TN
While the entire world of weather enthusiasts from across the globe has their eyes set on Cyclone Amphan that became the first Super Cyclonic Storm to form in Bay of Bengal after the infamous 1999 Odisha Super Cyclone the weather bloggers of Chennai has been eagerly awaiting the onset of Real Summer for North Tamil…
Amphan thunders along the Bay
After ambling around lazily for couple of days Cyclone Amphan underwent a bout of rapid intensification yesterday becoming a Very Severe Cyclonic storm in the process. In what could be the closest anolagy it behaved like all private buses across the country waiting to pick up tickets around Bus Stops as though the clocks stopped…
Cyclone Amphan all set for Rapid Intensification
IMD last evening confirmed the first cyclone of the year 2020, Cyclone Amphan, a name provided by Thailand and pronounced as “Um-pun”. After remaining near stationary for nearly 60 hours it has started showing momentum moving gradually in a NNW direction since last evening. As of today morning 5:30 AM it currently lies at about…