No. of Cyclones that hit TN during December in the last 50 Years : 7 Average Cyclone Frequency : Roughly once in Seven Years Years that had Cyclones hitting TN in December : 1964, 1967, 1972, 1993, 2000, 2005, 2011 Last Cyclone to hit TN in December : Cycone Thane in the year 2011 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Thane Most…
Time to Enjoy Chennai’s Mild Summer
With the LPA effectively not developing due to various factors Chennai’s last chance for some decent rains after a two week break has ended. In all probability Chennai’s Rain Break could extend well into December at least till around 7th of December. A simple take on how the next few days would are expected to…
Rain Update from Low Pressure Area in Bay of Bengal
The rains have reached upto Marakkanam, roughly about 75 – 100 kms to the South of Chennai. Will Chennai get rains at all The Low Pressure Area is showing some decent organization and could pick up intensity still and develop into a WML. The billion dollar question is will Chennai get rains? Going by forecasts…
Bay of Bengal – Low Pressure – Update 28th November
The Low Pressure Area has now relocated as we had mentioned in our post today morning. It now lies North East of Sri Lanka. IMD expects this to intensify into a Well Marked Low (WML) over the next 24 hours or so. While conditions are moderately helpful for the system to intensify it still pretty…
Low Pressure Area Update – Will Chennai get any rains?
As expected the Low Pressure Area moved over the Sri Lankan landmass and now lies over North Sri Lanka & adjoining Bay of Bengal. Since last evening South Tamil Nadu has been receiving some good rains thanks to the Low Pressure Area moving North over Sri Lanka. Being a very disorganized disturbance from the beginning…