Since the start of the statistical Northeast Monsoon season on 1st of October yesterday was only the second instance of the daily realized rainfall over Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry falling lower than the daily average rainfall for second straight day in a row. On 7th & 8th of October the realized rainfall was lower than…
Slightly subdued day of Thunderstorms over Tamil Nadu
With the first fortnight of October coming to an end the seasonal Northeast Monsoon tally is now at 123.9 mm against the Long Period Average of 68.2 mm. Tenkasi, Virudhunagar & Thoothukudi are the only districts currently showing negative anomaly, while Virudhunagar at -30% & Thoothukudi at -63% are indeed in deficit Tenkasi at -4%…
Thunderstorms likely to continue over North TN
From Tuesday thunderstorms over Tamil Nadu slowly reduced with yesterday seeing most of the action sticking to the North Tamil Nadu areas with parts of Villuppuram, Pondicherry, Chengalpattu, Kanchipuram districts seeing bulk of the rains. Tiruvallur district was one of the biggest beneficiaries of yesterday’s thunderstorms, the IMD AWS at Tirur KVK roughly 5 kms…
Isolated Intense thunderstorms likely over North Interior TN
Yesterday was a relatively quiet day on the thunderstorms front over Tamil Nadu with subdued activity seen over South TN. Partially the very active west coast under the influence of the UAC over Arabian Sea is to be blamed for this. Many places in Kerala saw extreme rains during from Monday afternoon till the early…
Reduced Thunderstorm activity likely over Tamil Nadu
Yesterday once again saw fairly widespread thunderstorms over many parts of Tamil Nadu with moderate to heavy rains reported at many places. Tirukkoilur reported more than 4 cms of rains in just 30 minutes while Ariyalur recorded nearly 9 cms for 2nd straight day accumulating 173 mm in two days. Good rains were reported from…