As slowly things look up to Monsoon 2021 getting back on track after nearly 2 weeks of subdued performance over the west coast it is also time to look at a gradual reduction in the thunderstorm activity over Peninsular India, particularly over the leeward places of Andhra Pradesh, South Interior Karnataka & Tamil Nadu. But…
The last few days have seen Break in Monsoon Thunderstorms rock over most parts of Tamil Nadu with yesterday once again seeing many places in the state recording 7 to 10 cms in the state with districts of Namakkal, Villuppuram, Perambalur, Trichy, Karur seeing very intense thunderstorms that moved slowly dumping rains during the process….
Tamil Nadu saw an extremely stormy evening yesterday as widespread thunderstorms lashed the interior areas of the state with many places seeing rainfall accumulations around 7 to 10 cms. Places in Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri dt which survives primarily on thunderstorms enjoyed a very good day of rains with Palacode recording 94 mm for 24 hours ending…
As break in monsoon conditions strengthened right on cue yesterday thunderstorms over Tamil Nadu increased. After what was a fairly clear sky day over large parts of Peninsular India, places in South TN initially started seeing thunderstorms develop at many places towards the evening bringing some moderate to at times heavy spells over places like…
Break in Monsoon as a phenomenon is being discussed about for nearly 140 years now. Henry Willaims Blanford, the first official meteorologist of India in the year 1886 had identified these large intra seasonal oscillations as ‘duringthe height of rains’ and ‘intervals of drought’. While the early days of these oscillations were identified through surface…
