Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam

Yesterday as we had mentioned in our post South Tamil Nadu kept its date with the rains as Virudhunagar, Tirunelveli along with parts of Madurai and Kanyakumari districts recorded heavy rains in many places.  In what could possibly go a long way in improving the storage levels of the dams in South TN many places…

It was a very good day of business on the rain front for North Tamil Nadu yesterday as Tiruvallur, Kanchipuram, Villupuram along with parts of Tiruvannamalai & Cuddalore districts.  The Central Tamil Nadu areas & the delta region also got good rains as well with Trichy, Thanjavur & Pudukottai districts enjoying very good spells of…

After a very active Sunday when many parts of Tamil Nadu received moderate to heavy rains through some classic Pre Monsoon thunderstorms yesterday was a fairly quiet day as models had indicated with few places along the Western Ghats getting some isolated spells of rains but most of the state saw dry dull conditions prevail….

Interior Tamil Nadu saw fairly widespread rains yesterday with Salem, Vellore, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Namakkal & Tiruvallur districts recording good rains right through the evening with reports of hailstorms at many places under the influence of Convective Radiation and Wind Instability.  Among the IMD weather stations Vrinchipuram on the banks of River Palar recorded 56 mm…

The active phase of the pre monsoon thunderstorm season over Peninsular India continues with another very good day estimated by models for South Interior Karnataka.  The last couple of days have seen some intense thunderstorms developed by convective heating and triggered by the wind convergence under the influence of trough extending from Central India. Today…