On 14th September IMD announced the start of SWM withdrawal from the country as parts of Rajasthan saw reversal of winds. A couple of days later IMD announced further withdrawal from some more parts of Rajasthan and parts of Gujarat. Under the revised SWM withdrawal guidelines 17th September is the normal date for the first…
Wind instability sets platform for thunderstorms over South India
With IMD’s announcement of monsoon withdrawal of SWM from parts of Rajasthan the first milestone towards transition of Southwest Monsoon to Northeast Monsoon has been achieved. IMD also expected further withdrawal of Monsoon over parts of Rajasthan and Gujarat in the next few days. This year Monsoon withdrawal has started a couple of days before…
Peninsular East Coast favorably placed for thunderstorms to continue
Over the past few days parts of interior Tamil Nadu saw some much needed rains through thunderstorms. Districts like Karur, Dharmapuri, Namakkal, Trichy that were in negative zone for the season benefitted from these rains. Even parts of Chennai got good rains last evening from scattered thunderstorm activity. Peninsular East Coast benefits when westerlies slow…
Weak Monsoon to enhance heat over Peninsular India
With 25 days left for the statistical end to SWM thoughts of weather bloggers tend to shift to Northeast Monsoon. In a way 5th September has almost become a date to look out for every year. The seasonal forecasts of ECMWF with September initial conditions comes out on 5th September. September is possibly the closest…
Telangana to see next round of widespread heavy rains
“When it Rains it Pours” is a very famous metaphor. People from Telangana may relate to this very well this year. Not only has Monsoon brought about episode after episode of flood associated distress to some parts of the state when ever it rains it just pours. In the 13 weeks since 1st June Telangana…