Yesterday parts of North Tamil Nadu including Chennai saw Thunderstorms during the evening hours. While few places in Vellore & Tiruvallur districts recorded moderate to heavy spells of rains many parts of Chennai recorded light to moderate spells bringing some relief to the citizens. Unlike last week when Thunderstorms we spatially well spread yesterday it…
Favorable MJO to keep Monsoon Active
As we often mention whether it’s Southwest Monsoon or Northeast Monsoon the active phases more often than not coincides with favourable MJO transit over Indian Ocean and adjoining parts of Maritime Continent. With MJO normally traveling West to East the Enhanced (Connective) phase is always followed by a Suppressed Phase. Monsoon remains active during the…
Reduced thunderstorm activity over TN
Thunderstorm activity started to taper down over Tamil Nadu with not much rains happening yesterday in the state. Isolated pockets over South TN along with few places in North TN recorded light to moderate rainfall during the evening. Central India has been seeing a fairly robust monsoon conditions with favourable circulation in the region. With…
Isolated Evening thunderstorms over TN
The Thunderstorm season has been chugging along like a groovy train for the past few days over Tamil Nadu. Yesterday also saw heavy Thunderstorm activity over pockets of Delta and Cuddalore districts. Nagapattinam, Cuddalore, Thanjavur, Perambalur, Ariyalur & parts of Trichy & Villupuram dts along with Pondicherry & Karaikal recorded good rains from late evening…
Another Stormy Evening ahead for Tamil Nadu
Yesterday once again saw many places of Tamil Nadu record heavy thunderstorm activity as weak monsoon conditions over Peninsular India worked to the advantage of the rain shadow region. After missing rains for many days the IMD Observatory at Trichy AP recorded a massive 13 cms from evening storms yesterday. Places in North TN once…