After a very eventful Tuesday over most parts of North Tamil Nadu yesterday was a relatively quieter day over with some isolated thunderstorms forming over the interior parts of the state. Parts of Vellore, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri and one or two places in Tiruvallur district enjoyed these evening thunderstorms. Pudukotttai / Sivaganga districts enjoyed the usual…
Fairly Widespread Rains lash North Coastal Tamil Nadu
Yesterday saw North Coastal Tamil Nadu record fairly widespread rains as expected by models. The districts of Kanchipuram, Tiruvallur, Tiruvannamalai & Chennai saw the bulk of rains with some heavy duty thunderstorms hitting Chennai & its suburbs at the stroke of midnight bringing intense rainfall with it. Yesterday once again confirms the old theory during…
North Tamil Nadu to see evening thunderstorms light up
After a very active Sunday when intense rains lashed Chennai and many places surrounding it the expectations run high for rainfall from the citizens. While Monday saw some isolated rains happen in North Coastal Tamil Nadu the rain bands though went to the south of Chennai with parts of Kanchipuram enjoying these evening thunderstorms. Similarly…
Chennai gets heaviest spell of rains since Cyclone Vardah
Intense thunderstorms lashed many parts of Chennai as it got the heaviest spell of rains in more than 6 months, to be precise since the day of Cyclone Vardah landfall, with many places seeing intense cloudburst type conditions. While Meenambakkam already recorded a day of 5 cms on 6th July the city observatory continued to…
Evening thunderstorms likely over North Tamil Nadu
As Southwest Monsoon continues to be weak over West Coast of India, parts of Tamil Nadu have been receiving convective evening thunderstorms. On the one hand while most Chennaites look forward to getting a spell or two of these thunderstorms in order to replenish the ground water resources locally one should keep in mind the…