Weather Update

When it Rains in Chennai it does indeed pours.  Like the MTC buses that don’t seem to come for long time & then suddenly come in a bunch, for 2nd straight day, most parts of Chennai got moderate rains after midnight.  While the city areas around Nungambakkam / Anna Nagar [Read More]

Yesterday saw the return of Rains in Chennai with multiple spells of thunderstorm activity around the region.  Not only Chennai but many parts of North & Interior Tamil Nadu enjoyed spells of good rains.  In particular the good spell of thunderstorm for Dharmapuri has been continuing with places like Paiyur, [Read More]

Yesterday was another good day of thunderstorms in Tamil Nadu with many parts of the state recording good rains during late evening.  While many parts of Tamil Nadu is enjoying the rains Chennai has been a case of so near yet so far.  During the wee hours of Thursday southern [Read More]

Thunderstorms have well and truly parked over Interior Tamil Nadu for most of this week.  Last Sunday we saw the first batch of thunderstorms form as Monsoon weakened and the Monsoon trough started to push back towards the Himalayas.  Each day we have seen many parts of the state getting [Read More]

In a late night development rains in Chennai southern suburbs came as a much needed relief to parts of the city.  While most of the city area was left high and dry with possibly only sound and light show, places along OMR recorded good spells with nearly 4 cms recorded [Read More]

Yesterday saw parts of Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Kanchipuram districts get some moderate thunderstorms along with parts of Karnataka & AndhraPradesh. Some of these storms reached south of Chennai giving places like Kelambakkam some rains after midnight.  But overall the thunderstorm was not as widespread & intense as the say Monday or [Read More]

During thunderstorm season a common feedback received often especially from those who do not follow weather regularly is “Weather Bloggers just give stories and it never rains as they say”  Their ire at times is also directed towards IMD too with some practical jokes like when ever IMD says it [Read More]

Yesterday saw many parts of Tamil Nadu record good thunderstorms in the districts of Erode, Tiruppur, Dindigul, Namakkal, Karur, Perambalur & Krishnagiri.  As was the case on Sunday the steering winds were very slow yesterday too making the thunderstorms near stationary bringing good  rains to those places which were lucky. [Read More]

Yesterday saw thunderstorm activity start once again over Tamil Nadu after a few days of dull and boring weather.   Parts of Madurai, Dharmapuri, Perambalur, Dindigul, Virudhunagar & Tiruvannamalai districts saw moderate thunderstorm activity in the evening.  In particular parts of Virudhunagar district saw near stationary storms for more than couple [Read More]

For some of the weather bloggers the complex phenomenon of Veppa Salanam Thunderstorms is a sort of holy grail.  Trying to identify patterns that could provide some insights into how these thunderstorms could evolve and likely impact areas possibly gives more sleepless nights than even some of the strongest cyclones [Read More]