As we get to the last couple of days of the official summer season most eyes are on Monsoon onset over Kerala. IMD’s statistical models estimated SWM may make its entry over Indian mainland around 26th May. But as things stand there is still sometime before monsoon winds hit Kerala. After hitting parts of A&N…
Month: May 2026
Sea Breeze struggle to spike temperatures for Chennai & Suburbs
On 15th May IMD announced the onset window for this year’s Monsoon Onset over Kerala. The statistical model forecast gave 26th May with +/- error of 4 days for MOK. A day later we saw onset of Southwest Monsoon over parts of Andaman & Nicobar islands. Monsoon dynamics effectively confirms the start of the Westerly…
Monsoon Jet ready for take off but turbulence ahead
It is almost middle of May. That time of the year when weather discussions become more mainstream. Discussions will revolve around the arrival of one of the largest annual global weather events. The earliest indication of Monsoon dynamics is the strengthening of Westerlies. Southwest Monsoon in a way is recreation of large scale sea breeze….
LPA to form in SW Bay, but path may be unfavorable for TN
The North Indian Ocean cyclone season is typically split as two sub seasons by Southwest Monsoon. Pre Monsoon season coincides with the summer months. Post Monsoon season coincides with Northeast Monsoon season. Often these cyclones also play a role in reversing the seasonal winds between Westerlies and Easterlies. Over the past 24 to 48 hours…
Agni Natchathiram to start under the cloud of Amritavarshini
As we get to the early days of May pretty much every year we start hearing Agni Natchathiram take center stage in Tamil News media. This is a period of about 3 weeks bringing supposedly peak heat to Tamil Nadu. Over the years many attempts have been made to explain how peak summer does not…