Since the “Onset” on 28th October Northeast Monsoon has been fairly quiet over the coastal areas though thunderstorms on account of Line of Wind Discontinuity have been happening over the places closer to the Ghats. Yesterday saw the return of thunderstorms over the plains of Western Tamil Nadu after many days bringing some much needed…
NEM 2020 to benefit from Power Play??
Its tough being a weather blogger during Northeast Monsoon times. More so when there is a lot of noise in the weather model outputs & the dynamics evolve at its own pace. 3 days is a long time in weather, the events around Chennai during the wee hours of 29th October proved even 3 hours…
NEM 2020 Barges into Chennai
In a classic example of how dangerous Dry Line Thunderstorms could be NEM 2020 barged into Chennai & suburbs last night triggering one of the most violent thunderstorms in recent times that saw wide spread heavy rains across the city & suburbs. Many places are inching towards scoring centuries from the coast to western suburbs…
“NEM Onset” not far away
For the weather Bloggers of Chennai Monsoon is a word but Northeast Monsoon is an emotion. As rest of the Indian Sub Continent shows signs of transitioning to the seasonal winter conditions the South Indian States think differently & look to the East waiting for their first brush of rains from the East indicating the…
Nervous wait for NEM 2020 starts
Over the last few days there has been a lot of messages on when the COMK outlook will be released for NEM 2020. What most did not realize or possibly accept was the Outlook Video released on 16th October did provide a peek into what could be expected though it was done on a light…





