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…
IMD yesterday announced Southwest Monsoon has covered the entire country after touching down over the last few districts of Rajasthan like Barmer, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur etc. In the normal context Southwest Monsoon is expected to completely cover India by 8th of July. This year it has covered India nearly a week ahead of schedule despite going…
Normally we see Monsoon dynamics swing like a pendulum between active and break phases with break phases known for the thunderstorms over the leeward areas of Tamil Nadu. Sometimes we also within the Monsoon dynamics go through intra seasonal oscillations. These oscillations tend to be created by not only tropical wave movement but also inter…
Southwest Monsoon since the onset has been going through a stop start journey even though it touched down the sub continent shores before time. Like an express train not only forced to run behind a slow moving freight train ahead but also the presence of near continuous TSRs’ monsoon so far has been forced to…
