Southwest Monsoon since the onset has been going through a stop start journey even though it touched down the sub continent shores before time. Like an express train not only forced to run behind a slow moving freight train ahead but also the presence of near continuous TSRs’ monsoon so far has been forced to…
Heavy Rains lash Chennai, bring relief to citizens
It is more than three weeks since Southwest Monsoon made onset over the Indian Mainland and nearly a week since IMD announced onset of the Monsoon over Chennai and surrounding North Tamil Nadu. Until yesterday the rains have been evading Chennai while most of Tamil Nadu saw active thunderstorms with some places seeing almost daily…
Fairly widespread thunderstorms likely over Tamil Nadu
Not often one gets to see Southwest Monsoon make onset over parts of Gujarat while parts of Tamil Nadu does not see onset yet. Southwest Monsoon this year has already touched down the shores of Saurashtra along with coastal Maharashtra & Gujarat while places like Chennai continues to be outside the onset conditions. 2019 saw…
Southwest Monsoon tries to pick up some pace
Since the onset of Southwest Monsoon over Kerala a couple of days before schedule on May 27th, the monsoon progress has been slow like a spluttering motor car with a clogged carburrettor. Traditionally June 10th is the expected onset date for the financial capital of India, Mumbai, though yesterday’s thunderstorms around Mumbai and suburbs were…
Thunderstorms to continue over Peninsular India
As we complete the first week of June yesterday’s evening satellite image would have possibly resembled a late May evening than an early June evening with thunderstorms lighting up the evening skies over many parts of interior Peninsular India, including Tamil Nadu. The rainfall numbers around Trichy is possibly a firm indicator on how weak…