The Indian Sub Continent is unique in many ways, landmass surrounded by three waterbodies , a mighty mountain range to the North in the form of the Himalayas provides for some interesting weather events that are seldom seen simultaneously in the same country. As the capital and surrounding Northwest India reeled under an intense heatwave […]
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Monsoon (Merriam Webster Dictionary) 1: a periodic wind especially in the Indian Ocean and southern Asia2: the season of the southwest monsoon in India and adjacent areas that is characterized by very heavy rainfall3: rainfall that is associated with the monsoon The word monsoon probably owes its origin to the Arabic word “mawsim” indicating season. Southwest Monsoon, one […]
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Man Proposes Nature Disposes is an adage which many weather bloggers will not forget easily. After running models around for a merry go around for many days Cyclone Asani finally firmed up its mind and ended up making landfall over the Andhra Pradesh coast near Machilipatnam last evening as a Deep Depression. While many bloggers […]
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Cyclone Asani once again has confirmed the age old adage among the Weather Bloggers of Chennai “Bay of Bengal is a Model Graveyard”. While models continue to churn at times divergent solutions which many a times complicates inferences, particularly by amateur weather enthusiasts, the Bay has a mind of its own and churns around Cyclones […]
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Yesterday the expected Pre Monsoon Disturbance started its life cycle as a Low Pressure Area near Andaman Islands. Under favorable conditions in the form of strong Cross Equatorial Westerlies and a counter circulating twin across the Equator it has picked up in intensity to become a Well Marked Low. Over the next 24 hours or […]
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