Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam

The start of July has seen Weather in Tamil Nadu change dramatically compared to the second half of June.  While most of June saw fairly comfortable weather except for a few days in the early part of the month the first day of July has seen temperatures soar in many places. One or two place…

The first month of Southwest Monsoon 2016 has come to and end as of yesterday.  In what was creating a flutter in many a heart the monsoon set off with a delay of 8 days over Kerala and subsequently parking itself near Goa for more than a week.  Subsequently thanks to the disturbance in Bay…

Pretty much most of us know as far as Southwest Monsoon in concerned Tamil Nadu is a rain shadow region and gets very little rains except for Isolated Thunderstorms from the remnant moisture that migrates across Peninsular India.  So does it make sense to monitor Southwest Monsoon & look out for heavy rainfall numbers on…

Yesterday saw fairly widespread rains in Chennai with most areas of Chennai getting moderate to heavy spells of rains in the evening and later in the night.  The heaviest spells of rains happened in South Chennai around Chennai Airport & Tambaram region.  The interesting thing about yesterdays rains were clear spells of rains which were…

Ever since the Southwest Monsoon season started from June 1st, both Andhra Pradesh & Telengana states have seen regular rains bringing in much needed relief to the states that was reeling under two very poor years from both Southwest Monsoon & Northeast Monsoon.  While the early part of June brought in rains through thunderstorms the…