Perception bias is a common trait for most of us. Perception bias plays a key role in our decision making many a times. Weather is no different. One of the most common bias that influences our perception to weather is “Recency Bias”. Recent events tend to cloud our thinking in terms of extreme weather events…
Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam
Summer thunderstorms to bring a spell of wet weather
Summer thunderstorms in India are called by different names. Mango Showers / Coffee Showers / Blossom Showers because they help in the flowering of Mango and Coffee crops. Kal Baishaki / Norwesters in East India while neighbouring Assam calls it Bardoli Chheerha. Often intense thunderstorms accompany these spells of rains. Pre Monsoon Season (March to…
Heatwave like conditions persist over NW India
The fist heatwave of the year 2026 over the Indian Sub continent has unfolded over parts of Gujarat and adjoining areas of NW India. Many IMD stations in the state has recorded 6 / 7°C above normal temperatures for the past couple of days. Over the past couple of days weak Easterly activity meant Peninsular…
Summer has arrived over Interior Peninsular India
In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare the soothsayer warns the Roman Emperor about Ides of March. As far summer goes for the Indian sub continent it may not be out of place to mention “Beware of Ides of March”. Going by the seasonal forecast by IMD for the month of March large parts of…
Interior Peninsular India to flip to Summer mode gradually
Time and tide waits for none is a very famous saying. Seasons also wait for none. As Earth continues to rotate and revolute day & night and seasons keep changing. Yesterday Madurai AP recorded a maximum temperature of 37°C. This is the first instance of an IMD station in Tamil Nadu hitting the 37°C mark…