It is often said sea breeze is the savior for Chennai modulating our day time temperatures towards the evening and bringing a waft of humidity through the city. The common public may not realize one other role sea breeze plays in bringing another key weather event to Chennai, Rains associated with thunderstorms, particularly during Southwest…
Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam
Thunderstorms likely to return over Tamil Nadu
Over the last week or so thunderstorm activity has been relatively subdued over most of Tamil Nadu with only feeble rainfall activity seen at times over places in North TN. Couple of days back parts of Vellore district recorded light rains which was the only note worthy incident this week though Chennai has been recording…
Back to Back Lows keep Monsoon dynamics purring
Monsoon continues to remain active over Central India & parts of Northwest India over the past few days though Peninsular India remains sub par in terms of rainfall received. As explained in the post couple of days back the intra seasonal Monsoon oscillation has been favorable for Central India while monsoon remains suppressive over Peninsular…
Monsoon to remain active over Central India
Monsoon has been active over parts of Central India over the last couple of days on the back of the embedded Low Pressure area in the Monsoon Trough now lying over Jharkhand & adjoining parts. Yesterday saw many parts of Telengana record moderate to heavy spells of rains on account of the moisture drag created…
Subdued Monsoon to persist over Peninsular India
Yesterday IMD confirmed the Low Pressure Area over Northwest Bay adjoining the Odisha coast. This is the first time back to back Monsoon lows have happened during this Monsoon season. With the low pressure area expected to become well marked as it merges into the Monsoon trough we can expect active monsoon conditions over Central…





