This year’s Northeast Monsoon could head down the books as one of the most complex years for weather observers. Pretty much every event of a reasonably strong magnitude has come with complex interactions and interplay between various factors making it very tough to give a descent inference a few days in advance. One common thread […]
Continue ReadingAs we head to closer towards the last week of November the overall feeling one gets about this year’s Northeast Monsoon is a sense of “so near yet so far”, particularly to the places in North Coastal TN and North Interior TN where the rains have been extremely sub par. While there is no doubt […]
Continue Readingஐயா என் பேரு மாணிக்கம், எனக்கு இன்னொரு பேரு இருக்கு The above dialogue from the movie Baasha by Rajnikanth is one of his most famous dialogues. Similarly for most the acronym BOB would mean Bay of Bengal. But for the weather bloggers of Chennai it is Boss of Bays. Despite being a much smaller basin compared to […]
Continue ReadingOver the past 48 hours or so putting a rest to a lot of anxiety not only among the weather blogging community but also common public of Tamil Nadu Northeast Monsoon has gradually become more active. A pair of disturbances, Cyclonic Circulation over SW Arabian Sea and a Trough of Low associated with Easterlies over […]
Continue ReadingFits and Starts periods of activity mixed with periods when nothing happens It is an understatement to say this year’s Northeast Monsoon is happening in fits and starts that is reflecting in an overall seasonal performance that stands at a deficit of 43% for the first month of the season. The statistical season coincided with […]
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