It has been about 5 weeks since SWM made its entry over the Indian Main Land. During this period Monsoon has not been so kind to southern parts of Peninsular India. Down south in Kerala only 4 districts fall under normal category according to IMD classification. Even among these 4 districts Mahe (administratively under Pondicherry)…
Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam
Chennai ‘s tryst with thunderstorms likely to continue
Last night Chennai saw widespread thunderstorms with many areas in the city recording more than 4 cms in one hour. The IMD observatory at Nungambakkam recorded 67 mm while the one at Meenambakkam recorded 35 mm. Chennai AP has already crossed 30 cms for SWM season and Nungambakkam is just short at 29 cms. Over…
Thunderstorm window opens up for Leeward areas of Tamil Nadu
Over the past few days as Monsoon made quick progress across the Indian sub continent the leeward areas of Tamil Nadu saw a reduction in thunderstorm activity. As we often mention subcontinental weather oscillates like a Pendulum often. The two large scale events, SWM & NEM, swing back and forth every year bringing associated rains…
Active monsoon conditions likely over Peninsular India
After fair bit of stuttering for the past two weeks things look good for a phase of active monsoon over Peninsular India. After stalling for nearly two weeks Southwest Monsoon has started to climb up gradually covering more parts of Central India. As of today except for Punjab, Haryana, Uttrakhand, HP, Delhi, J&K and Ladakh…
Southwest Monsoon all set for Green Signal
For the past week to 10 days Southwest Monsoon progress has to come to a grinding halt over both arms. In a rare instance Monsoon simultaneously made onset over Kerala and Northeast India at the same time on 30th May. Except for covering parts of Sikkim on 31st the eastern arm of Southwest Monsoon pretty…