IMD announced the arrival of Northeast Monsoon over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal, and Kerala this year on 21st October. A couple of days before when IMD made the precursor to Northeast Monsoon onset they had indicated the early days of NEM was expected to be weak. In the subsequent days since the onset announcement was…
While SWM exits country, all eyes on Northeast Monsoon onset.
IMD yesterday announced the withdrawal of Southwest Monsoon from the entire country 4 days delayed compared to the normal withdrawal date of October 15th. Over the past decade if one were to see the withdrawal dates 6 out of 10 years the withdrawal has been completed only after 20th October ironically 2019 the year that…
SWM ready to checkout. But Northeast Monsoon not yet ready to check in
Relay a : a supply (as of horses) arranged beforehand for successive reliefb : a number of persons who relieve others in some work The traditional date for Southwest Monsoon to complete its withdrawal over the Indian Sub-Continent is 15th of October while the traditional onset date for Northeast Monsoon is 18th of October with…
Northeast Monsoon 2023 – Seasonal Outlook
Butterflies in your stomach a feeling of being very nervous or frightened about something Science says there are multiple reasons for “Butterflies in Stomach” though more often than not it is associated with a period of anxiety and nervousness. For the weather bloggers of Chennai possibly the closest feeling to butterflies in the stomach is…
Increased thunderstorm activity likely over Interior Tamil Nadu
Oscillation repeated movement from one position to another Many a time it has been mentioned in this blog about how weather patterns behave like an oscillating pendulum. Intra Seasonal Oscillations are an integral part of monsoon dynamics, whether it is the Indian Summer Monsoon or Southwest Monsoon as it is called popularly, or the Northeast…