Weather Bloggers of Chennai always look forward to Northeast Monsoon the extremely erratic NEM though can take a leaf out of the Southwest Monsoon a true Unsung Hero for Chennai. A COMK analysis of Long term Rainfall trend since 1901
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Early Summer for West Interior TN – COMK LRF
Yesterday in a precursor to the upcoming Summer many parts of Tamil Nadu saw abnormally warm day with places like Salem recording more than 5°C above average temperature. Both IMD observatories in Chennai recorded highest temperature during January in more than a decade. Salem saw an increase of 4 degrees while Palayamkottai recorded more than…
Is Intense Cyclones The New Order ???
Why did cyclones like Gaja / Vardah intensify much more than what models initially estimated? Why did Arabian Sea throw abnormally high number of cyclones last year? Are these related to Climate Change / Global Warming? As Weather enthusiasts we constantly need to ask questions in our quest to learning. The weather bloggers of Chennai…
July provides some Hope for Monsoon – (COMK SWM Series 4)
The 4th post of the COMK Southwest Monsoon 2019 medium to long term inference. The earlier posts in this series are given below Monsoon 2019 Racing with Hand Brakes On – 20th June 2019 Monsoon 2019 Remains a Worry – 31st May 2019 Weak Monsoon dynamics remain a worry – 20th May 2019 It is…
Off Season Rains in Chennai – A COMK Perspective
On the back of the failure of Northeast Monsoon 2018 and the ground water resources depleting over most parts of Chennai most citizens of the city are looking to the skies for some spell of rains to mitigate the upcoming summer. Regular weather observers know the period between January to May is typically the off…