Southwest Monsoon, Northeast Monsoon, Western Disturbance the Indian Sub Continent is home to diverse weather events. India’s strength lies in her diversity. COMK wishes all a Happy Independence Day. May India continue to be the guiding culture for the rest of the globe. For regular weather observers it is not a surprise when one says…
Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam
Break in Monsoon period thunderstorms to pick up over Tamil Nadu
Southwest Monsoon is a weather event that stretches for nearly 120 days across the Indian Sub Continent. With such a long season every monsoon season goes through ebbs and flows characterized by active and break phases. While the break in monsoon period was known and tracked for more than a century by the Indian meteorologists….
Is Kerala undergoing a change in Monsoon Rainfall Pattern?
Humans have looked at the skies and starts from time immemorial to understand time. Sun has been his companion for many millennia to keep a sense of time. In a way the predictable and regular cycle of Sun allowed humans to develop calendars through which they started to keep a tab of seasons / rainfall…
Southwest Monsoon potentially heading for a break
Often it is remarked while the large scale global factors play a crucial role in the overall performance of Monsoon seasons, it is important not to ignore the intra seasonal oscillations that possibly decide on the active and weak phase of Monsoon during the season. Ofcourse it goes without saying these intra seasonal oscillations owe…
Potential flooding scenario unfolding over parts of Central India
For the spiritually inclined Hindus the mention of Dandakaranya will bring memories of the epic Ramayana where Lord Rama, Sita and Lakshmana spent a major portion of their exile period in the Dandakaranya forests. . But Dandakaranya plateau is beyond just a forest and its connection with Ramayana. Covering large parts of Chhattisgarh and some…