Yesterday saw thunderstorms return to parts of Tamil Nadu including some inteiror areas like parts of Delta, Virudhunagar, Sivagangai & Pudukottai districts under the influence of a weak circulation like feature seen at lower atmosphere off the South TN coast. Few places along the Ghats in Tenkasi district recorded very good rains during the evening…
Interior TN continues to swelter under summer conditions
It has been nearly two weeks the maximum temperature at Karur Paramathi IMD observatory has been hovering around 39 degree celcius. During this period it has touched 40ºC four times including yesterday when it recorded 40.5ºC for the second time this year. Madurai AP observatory has also recorded 40 degree celcius twice during this period…
South TN to come under isolated Intense Thunderstorms
Slowly but surely Pre Monsoon Thunderstorms are picking up pace over Peninsular India. Wednesday saw parts of Virudhnagar & Tenkasi district getting very good rains, along the Eastern Slopes of the Ghats, as wind induced instabililty provided perfect conditions for convective thunderstorms to thrive after a clear sky during the first half of the day….
Thunderstorms to push back towards West Coast
Yesterday saw some intense thunderstorms over parts of Tiruchirappalli dt. Today places around Madurai & Dindigul, Tiruppur dts may see good Veppasalanam Rains. Starting from today though storms will gradually push back towards West Coast as Easterlies strengthen
Coastal TN likely to see increase in Day time Temperatures
Yesterday while presenting the state budget the Finance Minister of Tamil Nadu announced the setting up of a dedicated weather monitoring & forecasting infrastructure for Tamil Nadu with investments to be made on improving the AWS / ARG Network, additional Radar Locations & bringing in super computing to develop better weather forecasts. In what is…