Though Chennai missed out on rains as expected by us yesterday many parts of Tamil Nadu got good rains with some places in the Delta Districts, Ariyalur, Perambalur, Tiruvannamalai & Cuddalore districts getting moderate to heavy thunderstorms yesterday. Two particular highlights need to be mentioned, the first one being Coimbatore AP which got 48 mm…
Evening Rains to Continue over North Coastal Tamil Nadu
The scattered spell of evening thunderstorms continued over parts of Chennai yesterday as well with southern areas of the city enjoying a moderate spell of rains. Hindustan University & Kolapakkam recorded 15 and 13 mm respectively while the Airport observatory recorded 6 mm. Chennai Nungambakkam and the rest of the Western & Northern suburbs pretty…
The Next active thunderstorm phase round the corner for Tamil Nadu
Yesterday afternoon saw once again parts of Chennai receive a quick batch of thunderstorms that brushed past places like Nungambakkam, Anna Nagar, Madhavarm & Puzhal etc. While the city observatory in Nungambakkam recorded 15 mm the Airport observatory in Meenambakkam did not record anything. Later in the evening Tiruvannamalai, Kanchipuram and delta districts recorded moderate…
Isolated Thunderstorms in North Tamil Nadu to continue
The last couple of days have seen Chennai and surrounding areas of North Tamil Nadu record some sharp spell of showers as Chennai Nungambakkam recorded 34 mm from the yesterday evening spells as places in the Central & Northern parts of the metropolis enjoyed the better spells. Most of the areas recorded their heaviest spells…
Is Cauvery Basin heading for another poor year?
It is almost exactly a year back on August 1st 2016 we published this post about how the Southwest Monsoon has been showing a dichotomy in terms of rainfall pattern with coastal Karnataka & Kerala getting a much more raw deal compared to the Konkan coasts of Maharashtra. If one were to look at the…