With just a week left for this year’s statistical Northeast Monsoon season to end NEM 2022 is likely to end as another normal year with the accumulated rainfall at 425.9 mm so far against the long period average of 432.2 mm. While this year is less likely to exceed the overall NEM seasonal average for…
Shift in the trapeze act pushes rains further away
For many years now man has always looked for avenues to push the envelope of his understanding but despite all the advancements there is always an area of unknown which keeps the human race going in its efforts towards scientific learning. Weather forecasting is one such area where the envelope has been pushed to a…
Fluid Bay of Bengal sends weather models into a tizzy
Visits to circus whether they were done a couple of centuries ago or today is never complete without witnessing a bunch of performers defy gravity and literally fly at heights that could induce vertigo to many. We used to sit there with our mouths open not only out of excitement but also with a palpable…
Pair of circulations spin on either side of Peninsular India
Northeast monsoon may not be as fanciful as Southwest Monsoon, it may not be as critical to the food security of the Indian subcontinent as southwest monsoon, surely the scale of northeast monsoon is incomparable to southwest monsoon. But still it catches the imagination of a lot of weather bloggers who spends days and sleepless…
Upcoming bay disturbance to bring rains to delta & South TN
Exactly 6 years ago Cyclone Vardah one of the five Cyclones to have made a direct touchdown over Chennai peaking up to Category 1 in the Saffir Simpson scale made landfall over Chennai bringing the city to a complete standstill. It is important to mention here about two powerful cyclones that did come very close…