Over the past few days parts of Peninsular India, particularly Tamil Nadu, has been seeing fairly widespread thunderstorms. As the monsoon trough became less prominent and moved closer to Himalayas westerlies weakened over Peninsular India. This opened a window of opportunity for thunderstorms over the leeward plains of TN. Though Chennai may feel disappointed with…
Active phase of Convective Thunderstorms likely over interior TN
The last few days have seen the return of convective thunderstorms over the leeward areas of Tamil Nadu. With monsoon winds slowing down over Peninsular India it has allowed a period of enhanced convective thunderstorms along the East Coast. This Southwest Monsoon season has seen active phases of convective thunderstorms on a regular basis. The…
Veppasalanam Thunderstorms to continue over Tamil Nadu
It was possibly Dr. Ramanan the retired Director Area Cyclone Warning Centre, Chennai who popularised the word Veppasalanam. Many may not know the RMC Chennai had published a comprehensive glossary of Tamil Weather Terms a few years back. While Veppasalanam in basic sense indicates convective development often the role of wind is downplayed. As mentioned…
Thunderstorms to return with a bang over Coastal Tamil Nadu
Over the past couple of weeks leeward plains of Tamil Nadu saw a break from thunderstorms as monsoon remained active. The much needed active phase of Monsoon saw copious inflows into the Cauvery basin bring Mettur to Full reservoir level. While we can feel happy about the water levels in dams the landslide over Wayanad…
Another year Mettur treated as a flood surplus reservoir
In less than 12 hours from the time this post goes live for the first time in 19 months Mettur will reach Full Reservoir Level. The mainstream media will carry about how it has reached FRL for the nth time in so many years etc. With the inflow expected to remain high today and tomorrow…