Veppa Salanam thunderstorms as they are called often in Tamil Nadu is a weather event that always fascinates weather bloggers across the Indian Sub Continent. Pre Monsoon & Post Southwest Monsoon thunderstorms follow a pattern of forming around the Convergence Zones triggered by the seasonal wind changes, as the wind pattern shifts East to West…
Very Severe Cyclone Vayu has been slowly moving towards the Gujarat coast, as it continues to intensify under conducive sea surface and atmospheric conditions. Currently lying around 300 kms to the Southwest of Mumbai its been moving at a jogging pace at about 10 km/h in a rough North/Northwest direction. While all the talk has…
As indicated by most weather models the deep depression over Central Arabian Sea has intensified into Cyclone Vayu. In a blessing in disguise as this system climbs up in latitude it will gradually drag the monsoon onset as well over the West Coast. From yesterday the Northern parts of Kerala has started receiving good rains…
While Southwest Monsoon dominates weather talk elsewhere its the heat quotient that continues to dominate weather discussions around Chennai. Yesterday saw the IMD Observatory at Meenambakkam record 43ºC nearly 6 degrees above normal for this time of the year making it the hottest day of the year so far. The Monsoon checked in over Southern…
The D Day is almost upon us. Monsoon Onset over Kerala is now a matter of hours as the Official weather agency of the country, IMD, runs through their check of Onset Criteria in terms of rains, winds & cloudiness to confirm the official Monsoon onset over Kerala. In terms of depth of Westerlies while…
