Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam

After a few days of lull in thunderstorms thanks to the winds changing back to Westerlies rain possibilities have returned for North Tamil Nadu. Yesterday saw fairly intense thunderstorms to the West & Northwest of Chennai at about 50 kms distance though thanks to the extremely weak wind pattern they did not make the movement…

Southwest Monsoon has started to flex its muscles once again with many places in the West Coast getting moderate to heavy rains along the coasts of Kerala & Karnataka.  In the same context the rains have slowed down over Tamil Nadu in particular over Northern parts of the state.  Yesterday saw some decent rains around…

Southwest Monsoon which has been going through a very weak phase since the turn of August 2017 is set for a final thrust over the West Coast before the wheels of the motion for the seasonal change towards “Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikaalam” starts rolling.  It is an understatement to say August has been pretty much a…

In continuing with the trend for the last couple of days yesterday saw another day of weak thunderstorm activity in Tamil Nadu with extremely isolated rains over the state.  Parts of delta districts & western Tamil Nadu around Coimbatore, Salem & Nilgiris district recorded some light to moderate rains.  With pseudo Northeast Monsoon type weather…

Over the last two days Tamil Nadu has seen a reduction in thunderstorm activity.  On Saturday we saw parts of Northwest Interior Tamil Nadu enjoy a decent day of thunderstorms in particular around Vellore, Krishnagiri & Dharmapuri districts.  Yesterday was a much more quieter day as only Madurai and parts of Delta district enjoyed moderate…