Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam

The Southwest Monsoon has finally started picking up pace after a lull since the onset a couple of weeks back.  Making slow progress since the onset the presence of a Low Pressure Area in Central / North Bay area has given a fresh impetus to monsoon surge creating possibly the first  vigorous phase of Southwest…

The last couple of days have seen cloudy conditions dominate the weather scape over Tamil Nadu with temperatures trending well below normal. For second straight day no place in Tamil Nadu touched the 40°C mark with Palayamkottai the hottest at 39.5°C.  Both Chennai observatories recorded below normal temperatures yesterday as well though it was slightly…

While yesterday rains over Tamil Nadu were not as widespread as Tuesday most parts of the state in particular North Tamil Nadu enjoyed comfortable weather under cloudy skies.  No IMD observatory recorded above 40°C with Trichy the hottest place in the state at 37.8°C.  The last two days have added almost 10 mm to the…

As Southwest Monsoon picks up momentum yesterday was a very good day of Rains for North Tamil Nadu with many places in the state enjoying moderate to heavy thunderstorms including the state capital Chennai.  Both the observatories in Chennai recorded more than 1 cm of rains with Nungambakkam recording the rains during the afternoon while…

After what has been a long wait, since the landfall of Vardah, for Chennai and its residents the first meaningful spell of rains is not very far away now.  Yesterday saw isolated rains in many parts of the city during the late afternoon, subsequently another spell of rains closer to midnight gave some rains to…