The last couple of days have seen thunderstorms return back over the leeward areas of Peninsular India including Tamil Nadu. Places in around South TN, particularly Madurai, Sivagangai district, has seen rains for both the days with weather models indicating the spell to continue today as well. Similarly places around Tiruvallur & Ranipet district also…
After two weeks of active and vigorous monsoon conditions it looks like Southwest Monsoon may be heading for a much needed break though rains have already tapered off along the Peninsular West coast. Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh has recorded more than 12 cms until 5:30 AM today morning which indicates things are shifting towards a…
Southwest Monsoon since the start of July has been vigorous over many parts of West and Central India while Coastal Karnataka & Kerala that were also seeing subdued monsoon performance during the month of July saw much needed revival increasing the storage in reservoirs across various river basins. The most notable among those has to…
Over the past few years Monsoon, be it Southwest Monsoon or Northeast Monsoon, has been punctuated by longer dry spells interspersed with extreme rainfall episodes which while balancing the statistical averages ends up creating more harm than good through floods, landslides and associated damages. With the Indian Ocean being one of the warmest ocean bodies…
Southwest Monsoon season officially starts from 1st June and ends on 30th September. During this period the first fortnight is mostly spent by the monsoon covering most parts of the country including core monsoon regions. The months of July and August is the most critical period for Southwest Monsoon with more than 60% of the…
