For the second straight day Chennai Rains showed once again why the transition thunderstorms of September are really unique. It was central city area and places around Nungambakkam which recorded near cloud burst conditions on Friday. Yesterday saw South Chennai & the suburbs record similar intensity rains. There is a saying in Tamil for the…
Midnight Rains in Chennai, fair chance for evening rains today as well
In what is likely to set the tone for September Midnight rains in Chennai lashed many parts of the city with heavy & intense spells in a few areas. The IMD observatory in Nungambakkam recorded 41 mm from these spells of rains in Chennai with the rainfall rate touching above 200 mm an hour recording…
Widespread Rains on the cards for Coastal Andhra Pradesh
An Upper Air Cyclonic Circulation currently off the North Coastal Andhra could evolve into the a Low Pressure within the next 48 hours or so. This is expected to bring widespread rains to many parts of Coastal Andhra Pradesh over the next few days. The welcome change in conditions could also mean increased rainfall prospects…
Dry Conditions in Tamil Nadu to continue for the next couple of days
Dry Weather conditions that has been the pattern for the last couple of days over most parts of Tamil Nadu is set to continue for the next couple of days or so as Bay awaits the development of the next synoptic activity to bring back rainfall activity across most parts of South India. Over the…
With August derailing the Southwest Monsoon train, can it get back on the rails?
Southwest Monsoon continues to stutter with large swathes of the country under dry conditions with only East India the only region to get meaningful rains thanks to the Low Pressure area persisting in the region. With August, the most critical month of the monsoon calendar, gone its time to do a check on how the…