Yesterday saw parts of Chennai & Suburbs record moderate thunderstorm activity triggered by a perfectly placed sea breeze front in the late afternoon. Yesterday’s radar was a classic case of how sea breeze could trigger thunderstorms on its own as places around Guindy, Chromepet saw light rains around 4 PM in the evening. If one…
After two bad years Cauvery Basin has seen a strong start this year on the back of an early Monsoon Onset over Peninsular India. As a matter of fact the current year’s storage levels are the highest this decade for this time of the year. At nearly 60 TMC the storage at Karnataka dams has…
After few days of disappointment yesterday saw some spell of Rains in Chennai return back. In particular some of the Western and Northern suburbs of Chennai recorded moderate rains. While both the major IMD observatories at Nungambakkam & Meenambakkam missed out on rains the IMD weather stations at Puzhal & Madhavaram recorded 9 & 5…
Weather observers regularly explain there is no connection between early onset of Southwest Monsoon and its performance for the season. Many a year despite delayed onset the overall performance of Southwest Monsoon has been relatively good. 2018 seem is currently gasping for breath despite an early fairly strong Monsoon Onset over Kerala. Since 9th June…
The last few days have seen fairly subdued phase of thunderstorms over most parts of South India disappointing a lot of weather bloggers who were optimistic on the back of some consistent model outputs. As many would say Vagaries of Weather once again proved it can have the laugh last despite a lot of technological…
