With the advent of April Rains in Kerala seem to be an almost daily affair thanks to the development of the Line of Wind Discontinuity at lower levels regularly. This Line of Wind Discontinuity creates the necessary instability in the atmosphere to provide rains for the West coast of Peninsular India particularly to Kerala and…
Veppa Salanam Rains to continue in Interior Tamil Nadu
It is an irony the season of Veppa Salanam Rains, a term popularized by Dr. Ramanan of IMD, starts in earnest effect a few days after the retirement of the man. In our yesterday’s post we had written about possible rains for Interior Tamil Nadu around the Erode / Hosur / Dharmapuri region. While…
Isolated Rains in Tamil Nadu to bring relief after another Hot Day
Last couple of days has seen some Isolated Rains in Tamil Nadu, particularly around the Southern districts with places around the Western Ghats. On the other hand we have been seeing the day time conditions continue to be oppressive at most interior places with Coastal places being hot and humid. Aided by the tropical…
El Nino induced Warming, Possible light at the end of the tunnel
The last few months due to El Nino induced Warming the global average temperatures have been shooting through the roof with January and February setting new records for anomalous warmth across the globe. From December 2015 we have had the hottest month record broken continuously till February ’16. Last month saw some places in Northern…
Heatwave shifts to East India. South India to remain Hot
While Heatwave conditions continue without any sign of relief today we could see some shift in the area of impact with East India coming under the effect of Heatwave like conditions. Yesterday saw Akola in Maharashtra & Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh become the first places in 2016 to record 44°C. 15 places in all recorded…