In an interesting development which normally does not happen often on the one hand Monsoon Trough has been staying closer to the Himalyan Foothills leading to good thunderstorm activity over the leeward areas of Peninsular India. Simultaneously an off shore trough running along the West Coast from South Maharasthra to North Kerala Coast is creating…
September is a month that is known for thunderstorms that are fairly intense, travel long distances and sustain for hours together. When Southwest Monsoon starts withdrawing from the country it slowly starts to create scrambled wind pattern bringing with in atmospheric instabilities along with it conducive for thunderstorms to develop & thrive. As things stand…
It is not often one gets to see heavy to very heavy rains alert from IMD for districts in Tamil Nadu during the Southwest Monsoon months if one ignores the alert for places in Western Ghats. But the last couple of days have seen IMD issue heavy rains alert for few districts of Tamil Nadu…
Over the last couple of weeks though Monsoon has been relatively weak over Peninsular West Coast the classic Break in Monsoon scenario did not happen due to the prevalence of unfavorable Monsoon Oscillation dynamics. This meant even the leeward areas of Tamil Nadu also did not enjoy much thunderstorm activity though Westerlies were weaker than…
Thunderstorms have started to slowly pick up over Tamil Nadu with today seeing some fairly widespread thunderstorms over many parts of the state in the districts of Villuppuram, Cuddalore, Delta, Madurai, Dindigul, Karur & Salem. If one were to look at the position of the Monsoon trough the eastern end has shifted closer to the…
