Today is marked as the Foundation Day of IMD, Indian Meteorological Department, to commemorate taking over of H.F. Blanford as Imperial Meteorological Reporter on January 15, 1875. Not many are aware India is home to some of the oldest meteorological observatories in the world including one in our very own Madras which had an observatory…
Winter in Chennai, pleasant conditions to continue for Pongal
In what is possibly the best phase of weather, Winter in Chennai, has been in effect for the last few days with the maximum temperature hovering around 30°C and the minimum hovering around 20°C in the city while the suburbs have been seeing sub 20°C temperatures regularly. Though one has to admit Winter in Chennai…
People in Weather – Q&A with Jason Nicholls, Senior Meteorologist,AccuWeather
Today we are starting our new initiative a series on People in Weather through which we will try to bring people from different walks of Weather talk about their experiences of being a Weather Forecaster. In the inaugural post we have Jason Nicholls, Senior Meteorologist & International Forecasting Manager, AccuWeather take questions from our bloggers…
Dry Cool Weather in Chennai to Continue
It is more than a month since Chennai last received rains with the weather in Chennai remaining dry since December 9th. While it has been dry since December the weather in Chennai has become cool since the turn of the new year. The COMK AWS at Anna Nagar recorded its second sub 20°C today with…
“Cold Morning in Chennai” set to Continue
The last couple of days has seen cold morning in Chennai with yesterday recording the lowest temperature of the season in both the City & Airport observatory. This trend of cold mornings is expected to continue for the next few days as well with most parts of Peninsular India enjoying a mild cold wave. A…