One of the key things that come up with better observations is long term record keeping. This long term record keeping serves as a good remainder to how things happened many years back decluttering some of the noise that comes around “Climate Change and Global Warming”. August 2023 set many unwanted records as Southwest Monsoon…
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Convective thunderstorms to continue over Tamil Nadu
The Indian sub continent is home to various forms of arts and dances. While most of them are learnt through formal training a few get passed through generations by practice. One such art known as “கழைக்கூத்து” in Tamil. Similar to the trapeze act in circuses this requires a lot of concentration, balance and coordination. Convective…
Active phase of thunderstorms ahead for Tamil Nadu
Between 6th and 17th August the Standardized Rainfall Anomaly Index from IMD, a tool to monitor active and break phases of monsoon, was below -1.0 coinciding with the break in monsoon period. Subsequently only 19th August saw the Rainfall index cross 1.0 indicating though the break in monsoon period came to an end the monsoon…
Bay Circulation could provide another bonus spell of rains over leeward Peninsular East Coast
Over many centuries the eastern coast line of the Indian Sub Continent has been shaped through an interaction of floods, sea and cyclones. There are a few areas which show a pronounced concave shape while a couple of them show a convex shape in the coastline. If one were to plot the strongest cyclone landfalls…
Thunderstorm window for Tamil Nadu amidst a Monsoon Powerplay Phase
Fielding restrictions have been existing in limited overs cricket through some form or the other for nearly 50 years. A new wave of attacking batsmanship from cricketers like Ian Botham and Mark Greatbatch during the 1992 Cricket World Cup brought about by the 2 fielders outside the 30 yard circle restriction for the first 15…