As we head to closer towards the last week of November the overall feeling one gets about this year’s Northeast Monsoon is a sense of “so near yet so far”, particularly to the places in North Coastal TN and North Interior TN where the rains have been extremely sub par. While there is no doubt…
Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam
Boss of Bays continues to spin favorably for Northeast Monsoon
ஐயா என் பேரு மாணிக்கம், எனக்கு இன்னொரு பேரு இருக்கு The above dialogue from the movie Baasha by Rajnikanth is one of his most famous dialogues. Similarly for most the acronym BOB would mean Bay of Bengal. But for the weather bloggers of Chennai it is Boss of Bays. Despite being a much smaller basin compared to…
All set for complex bay dynamics once again as next LPA gets ready
On behalf of all of us we wish our readers and well wishers a Happy and Safe Deepavali North Indian Ocean has always been a complex basin for Global weather models. We have consistently seen weather models under estimating forecasts of cyclones over the Arabian Sea with 2023 also adding Biparjoy and Tej adding to…
Gradual reduction in rains as NEM 2023 heads for a lull
This year’s Northeast Monsoon season has been swinging like a pendulum on steroids so far. If October first half saw very good thunderstorms over most parts of Tamil Nadu, readers from Chennai may beg to differ, the second half of October tapered off under the influence of two disturbances that took an unfavorable path bringing…
Northeast Monsoon 2023 shifts a gear
Over the past 48 hours or so putting a rest to a lot of anxiety not only among the weather blogging community but also common public of Tamil Nadu Northeast Monsoon has gradually become more active. A pair of disturbances, Cyclonic Circulation over SW Arabian Sea and a Trough of Low associated with Easterlies over…