At COMK we take a lot of pride in the Cauvery series we put every year during the Southwest Monsoon period. Not only does it give us a sense of satisfaction when we try to interpret the inflow data to understand how the irrigation year is likely to shape up for the farmers of the…
Southwest Monsoon to pick up pace
Southwest Monsoon, already running at a delayed pace, went into a pseudo break mode for the past few days as things slowed down completely on the Monsoon dynamics. This though gave a window of thunderstorms for Tamil Nadu including Chennai giving a few days of thunderstorms that came as a much needed relief to the…
Thunderstorms to continue over South India
Thunderstorms over Tamil Nadu continued yesterday as well with parts of Cuddalore, Villupuram, Thanjavur, Madurai districts. Unlike the past few days rains around Chennai were less spread spatially though city areas like Nungambakkam, Kilpauk, Mylapore recorded light to moderate spells just before midnight. The mid level circulation off the coast of Tamil Nadu / Andhra…
North TN thunderstorms likely to continue
For the 3rd time in the last four days parts of Chennai & Suburbs recorded light to moderate rains. While Chennai Nungambakkam is still to record any meaningful spell of rains so far in so many months the Airport IMD observatory at Meenambakkam has accumulated 5 cm of rains so far. Its only a matter…
Chance for thunderstorms in TN
Aided by the Low Pressure that prevailed over North Bay Southwest Monsoon finally made some progress covering large parts of Peninsular India. Though running well behind schedule IMD confirmed the onset of Southwest Monsoon was complete over Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh & large parts of Telangana. It remains to be seen though if current…