Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam

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…

Southwest Monsoon 2017 on the back of Cyclone Mora made earlier than  normal onset over Kerala on May 30th.  Since then the eager expectation for most weather observers has been the northward movement of the monsoon surge.  While rest of the country eagerly awaits the arrival of Southwest Monsoon the monsoon has pretty much parked…

As Southwest Monsoon tries to build momentum to climb up the latitudes interior parts of Peninsular India including Tamil Nadu has been seeing evening thunderstorms light up the skies.   Yesterday saw some intense thunderstorms to the west of Chennai near Tiruttani creating some wonderful evening skies as the thunderstorms provided silhouettes to the setting…