For weather watchers across the globe one of the events that sets butterflies in the stomach is the arrival of Southwest Monsoon over the Indian Sub Continent. But just like Tamil Proverb goes, “யானை வரும் பின்னே மணி ஓசை வரும் முன்னே” events not only indicate the progress of sequence of Southwest Monsoon onset but also create…
As April gave way to May Tamil Nadu which had been relatively better off avoiding the 42 / 43°C which many parts of AP & TS states were seeing for the past one week or so Vellore became the first IMD observatory in the state to cross 42 degrees this summer recording 42.2°C yesterday. Karur…
For the past couple of days large swathes of the Indian Sub Continent has been reeling under heat wave conditions as many places in Central and North India started seeing day time maximum temperatures exceeed 44 / 45°C. Places like Brahmapuri in Vidharba, Rajgarh & Jhansi in Madhya Pradesh has recorded more than 45°C consecutively…
After a reasonably comfortable couple of months where most parts of Peninsular India escaped from scorching summer conditions while the rest of the Indian Sub Continent, particularly the Northwest & Central Indian regions saw a very early onset of summer and associated increase in temperatures even as early as second fortnight of March when places…
The last couple of days have seen thunderstorm activity taper off over the Peninsular India with mostly isolated rains sticking to places closer to the Western Ghats. One of the key reasons for this was the absence of any pronounced wind instability as Easterlies took control after the UAC that gave widespread rains the last…
