Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam

Since the turn of the week Southwest Monsoon has been active over Peninsular India with many places in the region getting moderate to heavy rains.  These rains have been characterized by intense bursts of rains during late evening / night as many places have witnesses rainfall rates in excess of 5 cms an hour.  Hosur…

Last evening / overnight saw widespread rains in Tamil Nadu with almost all of the state getting rains except for Chennai and districts to the South of Madurai.  If one were to look at the rainfall pattern in West TN Hosur & Palacode got about 9 cms while in North TN RK Pet near Tiruttani…

Yesterday saw the revival of rains in Tamil Nadu after a few days with many places in Interior Tamil Nadu recording good rains.  Vrinchipuram, near Vaniyambadi, recorded about 9 cms of rains till today morning.  While thunderstorms developed around Chennai most parts of the city missed out on the rains while Hindustan University in OMR…

While North & West Tamil Nadu has been getting on and off thunderstorms since the start of Southwest Monsoon many areas of South Tamil Nadu has been seeing practically dry weather particularly around Madurai, Virudhunagar, Thootukudi etc.   Though it is pretty much a fact major parts of South Tamil Nadu fall under the rain…

Southwest Monsoon that was going through a subdued phase over the West Coast of Peninsular India during the second half of July.  Particularly Kerala has been seeing a well below normal monsoon so far with the deficit at 20% lesser than normal so far.  While during the early part of June saw many areas of…