In what could possibly considered as the first proper Northeast Monsoon Day Chennai has been seeing early morning rains. Northeast Monsoon unlike its famous cousin Southwest Monsoon is known for Early Morning Rains with maximum rains occurring between 12:00 AM and 9:00 AM in the coastal areas. Today we could see the rains continue over…
As Next Bay Low Pressure Gets Ready Rains could ease in Tamil Nadu
The next Bay Low Pressure has started its journey to the East of Andaman Islands. While Global agencies have started tracking the invest area since last night we can expect an official announcement from IMD today. Unlike Cyclone Kyant this Bay Low Pressure possibly is going to be much more straight forward in terms of…
Weak Northeast Monsoon Onset expected as Chennai heads for driest October
As IMD confirmed the onset of Northeast Monsoon yesterday, Chennai is heading for one of the driest October ever. While Chennai Nungambakkam could end up with about 22 mm, Chennai Meenambakkam will possibly end up with about 5 mm for all of October. Both places will end up with deficits in excess of 200 mm…
First Spell of Northeast Monsoon Hits parts of state
The first Spell of Northeast Monsoon 2016 hit many parts of the state last night. While widespread rains have not yet happened some places in Central TN district recorded moderate rains. Many areas of Chennai too recorded midnight rains during the wee hours of today. Anna University got about 12 mm while places like Nungambakkam,…
Bay LPA to bring in rains to Coastal Tamil Nadu on Diwali evening
As Tamil Nadu celebrates Diwali we have another reason to rejoice, the first spell of Northeast Monsoon rains are not very far away for Coastal Tamil Nadu. Cyclone Kyant that has weakened considerably over the last 48 hours or so is now parked as a Low Pressure Area off the coast of Chennai to our…