The last few days leeward areas of Tamil Nadu has seen thunderstorm activity slow down drastically with extremely isolated storms seen and mostly only light rains coming out of those thunderstorms. Meanwhile though places along the Ghats have seen some increased rainfall activity though except for few isolated pockets which saw heavy rains mostly it…
Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam
Deep Depression Makes Landfall over Odisha Coast
The Monsoon Low that was over Central Bay yesterday intensified into a Depression during the course of the day & during the early hours further intensified into a Deep Depression before making landfall over the Odisha coast at around 6:30 AM today morning. Odisha which has been under deficit pretty much for the entire monsoon…
Monsoon Express chugs with Double Low
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….
MJO Passage gives impetus to Monsoon Low
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…
Mettur storage remains a worry
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…





