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…
Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam
Monsoon Onset conditions remain weak and needs a lot of impetus
First of June is one of the most looked for dates in the Indian Weather calendar. The traditional date for Monsoon onset over Kerala is 1st of June when it first touches the mainland of India though it checks into India much earlier over the Andaman & Nicobar Islands through the Bay branch. After making…
Continental Westerly winds to increase the heat over Chennai & Suburbs
With the last week of May almost upon us, most of India starts looking forward to the onset of Southwest Monsoon over Kerala with more often than not monsoon already touching down over parts of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. But as is the case on most occasions Chennai sings from a different hymn sheet on…
Brutal Summer conditions to park over North TN
On 14th May both the IMD observatories of Chennai recorded the first 40°C of the year just as Cyclone Mocha was making landfall over the Myanmar coast as an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm. Yesterday once again both the observatories recorded 40+ in the process recording the hottest day of the year. Interestingly for the past…
Intensifying Cyclone Mocha to bring hot conditions over North TN
Cafe Mocha. Mokha, also spelled Mocha, or Mukha, is a port city on the Red Sea coast of Yemen. Until Aden and al Hudaydah eclipsed it in the 19th century, Mokha was the principal port for Yemen’s capital, Sanaa. Long known for its coffee trade, the city gave its name to Mocha coffee During the…