The last 12 months or so has been a water shed period for the Cauvery River Basin thanks to poor Southwest Monsoon in 2016 that got aggravated by an even more poor Northeast Monsoon. Dams across the Cauvery River Basin are possibly at their lowest levels for the past few months with inflows mostly in…
Southwest Monsoon to be vigorous over Coastal Karnataka
The Southwest Monsoon has finally started picking up pace after a lull since the onset a couple of weeks back. Making slow progress since the onset the presence of a Low Pressure Area in Central / North Bay area has given a fresh impetus to monsoon surge creating possibly the first vigorous phase of Southwest…
Cloudy Conditions to keep Temp & Rain under check for Tamil Nadu
The last couple of days have seen cloudy conditions dominate the weather scape over Tamil Nadu with temperatures trending well below normal. For second straight day no place in Tamil Nadu touched the 40°C mark with Palayamkottai the hottest at 39.5°C. Both Chennai observatories recorded below normal temperatures yesterday as well though it was slightly…
Comfortable Day Ahead for North Tamil Nadu
While yesterday rains over Tamil Nadu were not as widespread as Tuesday most parts of the state in particular North Tamil Nadu enjoyed comfortable weather under cloudy skies. No IMD observatory recorded above 40°C with Trichy the hottest place in the state at 37.8°C. The last two days have added almost 10 mm to the…
North Tamil Nadu enjoys a good day of Rains
As Southwest Monsoon picks up momentum yesterday was a very good day of Rains for North Tamil Nadu with many places in the state enjoying moderate to heavy thunderstorms including the state capital Chennai. Both the observatories in Chennai recorded more than 1 cm of rains with Nungambakkam recording the rains during the afternoon while…