A couple of weeks back a lot of buzz happened around a rare LPA in Bay of Bengal during the month of March. While going strictly by books what was called as a moderate La Nina episode is in effect behaving like a fairly strong La Nina episode with another LPA now forming over the…
All Set for Searing Summer Conditions over Interior Tamil Nadu
Beware the ides of March JULIUS CAESAR ACT 1, SCENE 2, 15–19 In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, a Soothsayer warns the Roman emperor about Ides of March, 15th day of March, to be aware of a possible threat to his life. In the context of weather ides of March is close to…
Isolated Thunderstorms likely along the Western Ghats
The last couple of days saw parts of South Tamil Nadu record good rains, particularly Thoothukudi district, under the influence of the remnant moisture from the Deep Depression which pushed in a SW direction from off the coast near Delta Districts towards South Tamil Nadu as an UAC. Thoothukudi Port recorded 10 cms for 24…
End Game for Bay Depression
anticlimax : the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea (Merriam Webster Dictionary) Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Madi, Cyclonic Storm Kyant, Cyclonic Storm Nilam etc will be some of the names that immediately spring in the minds of Chennai Weather bloggers when ever the phrase Anticlimax is…
Bay Deep Depression Makes slow Progress
The Depression in Bay of Bengal intensified into a Deep Depression last evening and now lies at about 300 kms to the East of Nagappattinam. Over the course of the past 24 hours or so the disturbance has predominantly moved in a Northward direction with a slight skew towards West bringing up the Deep Depression…