Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam

As the clock winds down for 2016 its time for a review of the weather events of the year to give a perspective on some unique happening and interesting events.  As has been the case the COMK Annual review of Weather Events will feature in two parts, the first one featuring Global anecdotes, and the…

Last night saw delta districts get some moderate rains, Nagappattinam recorded 27 mm till 5:30 AM, while Karaikal recorded 33 mm during the same period.  A majority of the rainfall though has fallen over Sri Lanka with the Trough at Mean Sea Level persisting over Southwest Bay of Bengal adjoining the areas of Sri Lanka….

The Easterlies aided by the Trough of Low is likely to bring rains in Tamil Nadu over the next couple of days.  Currently lying over Southwest Bay adjoining the region around Sri Lanka it has pretty much confined it to lower latitudes.  Being confined to the lower latitudes this is likely to impact on the…

All of Tamil Nadu is now looking for the Trough of Low Pressure in Bay to provide some rains before the year 2016 winds down.  Things are getting closer to what could be the final spell of rains in 2016, a year that is likely to be remembered as much as 2015 but for completely…

After Cyclone Vardah hit North Coastal Tamil Nadu the rains slowly faded away bringing in the dry suppressed winter weather conditions across the state.  On Thursday & Friday nights we saw the nighttime minimum temperatures dip across the Northern parts of the state including the coastal belt between Chennai & Vedaranyam.  In an indication of…