During the Southwest Monsoon on most occasions rains swing like a pendulum. When the West coast and the Ghats are active places in the East coast like North TN remain quiet. When monsoon goes through a break period it is the leeward plains that get active while West coast remains quiet. At times though when…
Dual Monsoon Low increases flooding risk over parts of India
Southwest Monsoon continues to be dual faced with parts of Central India seeing non stop rains and Peninsular India seeing weak conditions. Never ending train of pulses from South China Sea into Central / North Bay has brought about weeks of continuous rains over the region. While Peninsular India may have not been completely dry…
Scattered thunderstorms likely over North Tamil Nadu
Southwest Monsoon this season has not been a classical season so far. Peninsular India has been seeing the monsoon pendulum wildly. On the other side of spectrum parts of Central India has been seeing active monsoon conditions for weeks together. The rains over the leeward plains of Tamil Nadu has also been erratic. Even when…
Afternoons to remain hot over the plains of Tamil Nadu
Southwest Monsoon this year has been very moody over Peninsular India. This can be seen quiet clearly through the daily rainfall chart for Kerala since the start of Monsoon season on 1st June. Overall the seasonal performance stands at -1% with 11 days seeing above average rains. In all this we have seen pretty much…
Cauvery Basin benefits from early season flourish
Cauvery is not just a river for lakhs and lakhs of farmers of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. It is a life line. During times of drinking water crisis both the sister cities of South India, Bengaluru and Chennai, have taken the help of Cauvery. But it is also essential to mention Cauvery basin in the…