The first fortnight of August is shaping up to be the Make or Break Phase for the Cauvery Basin. Through our repeated posts we have been highlighting the pressure Cauvery Basin has been seeing this year on the back of a poor monsoon so far over the catchment areas in Kerala & Karnataka. Satellite images…
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Tamil Nadu Dam Storage Status with half the Monsoon gone
All of us know majority of Tamil Nadu is a rain shadow region as far as Southwest Monsoon goes. But when one looks at the catchment areas of all major irrigation dams of the state they are dependant on Southwest Monsoon for inflows. This is one of the key reason why most weather bloggers track…
Back to back Low keeps Monsoon Mojo
Southwest monsoon has been active over many parts of Central India and West India. Konkan coast which saw monster spell of rains on Friday continues to get moderate to heavy rains keeping the Far Eastern suburbs of Mumbai on tenterhooks. A cyclonic circulation, remnant from the Low Pressure Area, along with a developing Low Pressure…
Monsoon Surge over Konkan Coast
Southwest Monsoon has picked up on strength aided by the Low Pressure that has formed over Southern parts of Gangetic Plains. Many parts of Mumbai recorded good overnight Rains as train services were affected due to water logging. The Airport observatory has recorded 19 cms up to 5:30 AM, with the last 12 hours giving…
Overnight Rains lash Chennai
Heavy overnight Rains lashed many parts of Chennai as slow moving thunderstorms that intensified closer to the coast dumped more than 7 cms of rains in less than three hours at the IMD observatory in Chennai AP. While Southern parts of the city recorded this monster spell Northern parts of Chennai was left with only…





