Favorable Bay Circulation to bring Thunderstorms

Yesterday parts of North Tamil Nadu including Chennai saw Thunderstorms during the evening hours. While few places in Vellore & Tiruvallur districts recorded moderate to heavy spells of rains many parts of Chennai recorded light to moderate spells bringing some relief to the citizens. Unlike last week when Thunderstorms we spatially well spread yesterday it […]

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Favorable MJO to keep Monsoon Active

As we often mention whether it’s Southwest Monsoon or Northeast Monsoon the active phases more often than not coincides with favourable MJO transit over Indian Ocean and adjoining parts of Maritime Continent. With MJO normally traveling West to East the Enhanced (Connective) phase is always followed by a Suppressed Phase. Monsoon remains active during the […]

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Isolated Evening thunderstorms over TN

The Thunderstorm season has been chugging along like a groovy train for the past few days over Tamil Nadu. Yesterday also saw heavy Thunderstorm activity over pockets of Delta and Cuddalore districts. Nagapattinam, Cuddalore, Thanjavur, Perambalur, Ariyalur & parts of Trichy & Villupuram dts along with Pondicherry & Karaikal recorded good rains from late evening […]

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