Those who travel by trains may be aware of Double Headed Engines where two engines are attached together for increased power & Traction. The Rajdhanis, legendary Tamil Nadu Express all were at some point of time hauled by Double Diesel Locomotives before the much more powerful Electric Locos started making inroads into the Indian Railways….
Among the weather bloggers there is always a point of view, the Indian Ocean, particularly the Bay of Bengal is the younger brother of the might West Pacific. Time to time like every caring elder brother who takes care of his younger sibling the West Pacific also takes care of the Bay. While the elder…
With roughly 3 weeks left for the Statistical Southwest Monsoon season to end the current storage of Mettur continues to remain a worry. For the past couple of years Mettur has seen the dam shutters open for Kuruvai Crop in the Delta districts on the traditional date of June 12th. To give a perspective prior…
Last couple of days have seen day time temperatures inch up slowly as dry atmospheric conditions & the consequent absence of thunderstorms meant afternoons were mostly hot across the state. While few places around Salem got some rains, with the city area getting a rather surprisingly heavy 2 cms leeward areas of Tamil Nadu remained…
Yesterday saw a very quiet day for Tamil Nadu with very little thunderstorm activity seen across the plains of the state except for some isolated places closer to the Eastern Ghats. Similar conditions are likely to persist for the next few days as Peninsular India may be seeing subdued rains even along the south west…
