Since the start of Northeast monsoon season if one were to look at all the IMD stations along the coast of Tamil Nadu between Chennai and Adirampattinam we will see the three delta stations namely Adirampattinam, Nagapattinam & Karaikal having the most negative anomaly indicating how NEM 2022 has been relatively weak over the core…
Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam
Rainfall action shifts to South TN
After battering the capital city of Chennai and surrounding areas in north coastal Tamil Nadu in a much needed relief the rains slowed down from last evening with mostly light to at times moderate rains seen around the Greater Chennai UA during the night. To give a perspective by 7 AM on 1st November the…
More rains ahead for peninsular east coast
Better late than never goes a famous saying. The northeast monsoon may have made onset 9 days behind schedule, an onset that could have been considered as weak during most years, but yesterday at least over parts of north coastal Tamil Nadu brought in rains at many places. Even though it was not as widespread…
Time for Coastal Urban clusters of TN to maintain cautious vigil
On Saturday, 29th October 2022, IMD officially announced the onset of northeast monsoon 2022. Against the normal onset date of 20th October this year saw a delay of about 9 days in the onset of the monsoon that provides for more than half of the annual rains for many coastal places like Chennai. While Chennai…
Northeast Monsoon 2022 Onset almost upon us
Yesterday in a much needed development parts of Chennai and suburbs saw rains in a way that sort of set the stage for the onset of northeast monsoon 2022. Last week the development of Cyclonic Storm Sitrang through its movement towards north bay brought about winds from north over peninsular India bringing about a reduction…





