Southwest Monsoon this year has mostly flattered to deceive for Peninsular India. It made onset over Kerala on 4th June it has performed sporadically with long dry / sub par spells. The as on date cumulative departure for the country stands at -15%. Southern Peninsular India and East & North East India deficit stands at…
Critical Period ahead for Kerala and Coastal Karnataka
The three weeks of July so far has already given one active and one break phase for Southwest Monsoon 2026. The active phase coincided with the floods over Konkan starting from 2nd July till 7th July. This was immediately followed by the break phase that started on 11th July and extended till 15th July. The…
Monsoon 2026 to revive but may continue to remain weak
Like most large scale atmospheric events southwest monsoon is also an oscillating phenomenon. But it is an understatement if one feels it has swung like a pendulum this year. Unfortunately the pendulum has stayed longer over weaker phase of monsoon. Briefly the pendulum swung to an active phase like how we saw during late June…
Plains of Tamil Nadu see summer conditions return again
Over the last couple of days the buzz in the weather community was the extreme rainfall received over the Maharashtra Ghats. But amidst all this quietly another event unfolded down South. The plains of Tamil Nadu saw an increase in afternoon heat. Return of summer conditions across most parts of the state in the plains….
Cauvery basin looks to heaven for support
The first month of Southwest Monsoon season 2026 has come to an end. The cumulative inflow in the Cauvery Basin dams of Karnataka for the month was just 4.1 TMC. This is the 5th lowest ever inflow during the month of June in more than half a century. One look at the district wise rainfall…