“totter” : to walk with difficulty in a way that looks as if you are about to fall Cambridge Dictionary With three weeks of June gone it is not often one gets to see a Southwest Monsoon onset chart from IMD not covering the megapolis of Mumbai. In a way one can see a lot…
Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam
Developing Bay Circulation to bring Summer to a grinding halt
Summer of ’23 will possibly be etched in the memories of Chennai citizens as firmly as Summer of ’69 remains in the memories of rock fans. The couple of years coinciding with the Covid pandemic saw a relatively below par summer for Chennai leading widespread talk about the pandemic induced reduction in commercial activity reducing…
Rogue Cyclone Biparjoy leaves monsoon high and dry
Rogue “behaving in ways that are not expected or not normal, often in a way that causes damage“ Cambridge Dictionary With the first fortnight of Southwest Monsoon season almost coming to an end except for Punjab, Ladakh (UT), Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar (UT) and Pondicherry (UT) all the other states are showing negative…
Southwest Monsoon makes onset over Tamil Nadu
For the last couple of days scattered thunderstorms have marked their presence over North Coastal Tamil Nadu during evening time after a hot afternoon. The important characteristic of these thunderstorms over the weekend was its ability to move across the coast towards the sea. This was indicative of the strengthening of the Westerlies allowing the…
Rare June Cyclone likely over Arabian Sea as wait for Monsoon Onset continues
Cyclones during Southwest Monsoon do not occur due to the presence of Tropical Easterly Jet, upper level jet winds from the East, that creates consistent wind shear preventing any intensification of tropical disturbances between the period June to September. Overall during the Southwest Monsoon period about 191 cyclones have formed between June and September with…