As we get into the last 10 days of October a sense of anticipation sets into the weather bloggers and a sense of expectation for the people of Tamil Nadu. According to IMD the normal onset date for NorthEast monsoon is 20th October with a deviation of +/- 7 days. At times in our exuberance…
Subdued Northeast Monsoon Onset likely
The last couple of days a lot of buzz is around “Northeast Monsoon” with questions like “When & How” dominating the thoughts of not only weather bloggers but also common public. It’s also the period of anticipation for the farming community especially those who have sowed in anticipation of the rains. As mentioned in our…
Aligning Easterlies – Stage set for Northeast Monsoon
In a precursor to Northeast Monsoon 2018 many parts of Chennai recorded moderate to heavy thunderstorm activity. While some of the areas were lucky enough to catch a spell of thunderstorms yesterday afternoon the southern suburbs and places like Airport recorded an intense spell of thunderstorm during the wee hours of today. Just as estimated…
Thunderstorms likely over North Tamil Nadu
The spell of thunderstorms over Peninsular India continues to chug along with a very good day of rainfall activity seen over many parts of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and few parts of Tamil Nadu too. Yesterday also saw the return of Easterlies over coastal areas bringing some sharp spell of showers to a few places along…
Widespread thunderstorm activity likely over Interior Karnataka
While it could be ironical but a post on Thunderstorms in Karnataka just as the second fortnight of October starts pretty much sums up the situation with regard to the prospects of Northeast Monsoon Onset over the next few days. During first week of October “Pseudo Easterlies” brought about very good rainfall activity over most…