Yesterday saw one of the stormiest days of the Pre Monsoon Thunderstorm season 2020. It is no coincidence that it is at a time when the King of Tropical Waves, MJO, has been travelling over the Indian Ocean. The day started with North Coastal TN coming under a batch of rampaging storms that hugged the…
The last few days have seen a gradual increase in temperatures over most parts of Tamil Nadu including coastal places. The other day saw three places record 40 degrees while yesterday saw Trichy AP once again record 40ºC. Chennai AP crossed 37 degrees for the first time recording 37.5ºC, the highest of the year so…
So far the Summer of 2020 have been kind to most parts of Tamil Nadu with very few places touching the threshold 40ºC, if one were to ignore Madurai South observatory which many a times is out of sync with the neighbouring Madurai AP observatory, only Tiruchirappalli AP, Salem, Karur Paramathy & Erode have recorded…
The North Indian Ocean (Arabian Sea + Bay of Bengal) typically sees two cyclonic seasons in a calendar year. Pre Monsoon & Post Monsoon Season. The Pre Monsoon Season that happens during April & May typically also sees higher instances of Intensifying Cyclones. If one were to put it as a statistic nearly every second…
The last couple of days once again thunderstorms have started to improve along the Western Ghats all the way from North Karnataka to South Kerala. The role of wind convergence can be clearly seen if one were to overlay the thunderstorm charts over the wind charts. Additionally the coastal areas of South TN have been…
