The last few days saw the return of Summer thunderstorms with a bang. A combination of favorable local and large scale factors meant after nearly two weeks the daily rainfall chart for Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry sub division showed above average rains with 24th April recording 8.5 mm, the highest single day rains, since the…
Summer thunderstorms back with a bang
The past week to 10 days saw parts of the Indian Sub Continent come under increased maximum temperatures around East India and Peninsular India. Northeast India in particular was abnormally hot during the day time with many places recording max temperature anomaly in excess of 5°C during this period. Tamil Nadu was no different with…
Heat Pendulum to shift from West Interior TN to North TN
The earth is unique in many ways among the planets of solar system. If one were to look at the two planets on either side of Earth in the solar system, Venus & Mars, the two have contrasting surface temperatures with Venus averaging 464°C while Mars averages -65°C as mean temperature. It is this balance…
Summer 2023 expected to retain focus on East Coast of India
After remaining subdued since the start of March temperatures started to go up North over the Indian sub continent this week just as most parts of the country started celebrating the new year according to the traditional Indian calendar. The names may be different in the form of Bisu Parba by the Tulu community of…
Summer to notch up the heat by a couple of notches
2023 is likely to be a year of transition, after a few years of cool regime in the form of La Nina the ocean dynamics is gradually changing to a warm regime with Pacific warming up and most weather models upbeat about a quick transition to El Nino and some models even hinting at a…