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…
Monsoon express gets green signal for an active run
On 8th June the Arabian Sea branch of monsoon passed over Harnai in Konkan Maharashtra. Since then it has been stationery while the Bay branch has covered all of West Bengal. It has reached right at the border of East UP / North Bihar. It is almost like the Monsoon Express was given a red…
Monsoon dynamics struggles under large scale suppression
The first fortnight of June is now behind us. Monsoon dynamics has continued to stutter along during this period after making onset over Kerala on 4th June. The overall performance for the country stands at -32%. Among the Peninsular West coast sub divisions in the strictest sense only Lakshadweep is in positive zone. Kerala &…