A couple of weeks back just before Northeast Monsoon picked up over Delta coast we had made a post talking about how November end is an ideal period for Tamil Nadu. Over the years Bay of Bengal has churned out many cyclones during the last week of November / early December. This year Cyclonic Storm…
NEM 2024 likely to remain active during December
As the remnant circulation of Cyclonic Storm Fengal continues its slow journey across Peninsular India large parts of Tamil Nadu remain battered. While Pondicherry was battered on Saturday night, Villupuram was battered for nearly 24 hours from Saturday afternoon to Sunday afternoon. Tiruvannamalai like Villupuram saw extreme rains continue for more than 24 hours from…
99B reconsolidates under better conditions
After an eventful 48 hours we are all set for another nerve wracking 48 hours for Coastal Tamil Nadu. Testing the patience of not only weather bloggers but common public as well 99B, Deep Depression, has proved to be tough cookie. Spending nearly 24 hours off the coast of Sri Lanka under unfavourable conditions it…
Deep Depression stalls amidst fight for survival
Mirage an image, produced by very hot air, of something that seems to be far away but does not really exist The last couple of days in a way has been a reflection of how this year’s Northeast Monsoon season has panned out. A season of Mirages. Starting from the mid October depression it has…
Fengal to form later today make slow progress
Almost exactly a year later and 3 Cyclone names later coastal Tamil Nadu is bracing itself for another Cyclone. IMD announced yesterday the Deep Depression near Sri Lanka is likely to intensify into a Cyclonic Storm later today. Upon intensification it will be named Fengal a name given by Saudi Arabia. It follows Dana a…