Northeast Monsoon 2021-22 has been punctuated by extreme rainfall episodes since early November when Chennai & suburbs were hit by a an intense spell of rains that dumped more than 20 cms of rains over parts of the city & Northern suburbs. Subsequently we had more such short duration burst of extreme rainfall episodes, mostly…
Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam
Western Disturbance – Villain or a Hero??
A couple of seasons back the promo for the popular Tamil Reality Show, Big Boss Tamil raised a question நல்லவர் யார் கெட்டவர் யார்??. எல்லாமே நம்ம பார்க்கிற பார்வையில் இருக்கு, the answer, Kamal Hassan the host of the show, gave possibly is applicable to Western Disturbances as well during Northeast Monsoon. A week back an interplay of…
Isolated Light to Moderate Rains in South TN
Some of the suburbs of Chennai, particularly to the south recorded a short spell of drizzle / light rains yesterday under the influence of the Weak Easterlies created by the Upper Air Cyclonic Circulation to the south of Sri Lanka. The circulation is seen less marked making the Easterlies weaken and influencing a smaller area…
Western Disturbances Control Weather over Indian Sub Continent
Weather bloggers from South India are used to seeing a train of pulses moving into Bay of Bengal from South China Sea during Northeast Monsoon time. Northeast Monsoon 2021 during the month of November saw these train of pulses triggering near continuous rains over coastal Tamil Nadu. The Yin & Yang of Weather now has…
Coastal Delta to be wary of Sudden Burst of Heavy Rains
On Behalf of COMK we wish A Happy & Prosperous New Year to the Family & Friends of the Chennai Weather Blogging Community. May 2022 bring more complex weather events to enhance & enrich our weather learning & understanding of tropical weather events. After the deluge on Thursday Chennai saw a relatively better day of…





