This week has been very good for Tamil Nadu on the thunderstorm front. The early part of the week saw places in North TN & North West Interior TN record good rains including places like Chennai. The last couple of days saw South TN witness thunderstorms including parched places in Virudhunagar & Thoothukudi district. In…
The last couple of days have seen increased thunderstorm activity over large parts of Peninsular India, in particular the southern parts of Peninsula. Yesterday saw Trivandrum record nearly 7 cms of rains in just an hour while neighboring Nagrcoil record nearly 5 cms in an hour. Though the last two days has seen Chennai miss…
Yesterday saw one of the stormiest days of the Pre Monsoon Thunderstorm season 2020. It is no coincidence that it is at a time when the King of Tropical Waves, MJO, has been travelling over the Indian Ocean. The day started with North Coastal TN coming under a batch of rampaging storms that hugged the…
The last few days have seen a gradual increase in temperatures over most parts of Tamil Nadu including coastal places. The other day saw three places record 40 degrees while yesterday saw Trichy AP once again record 40ºC. Chennai AP crossed 37 degrees for the first time recording 37.5ºC, the highest of the year so…
So far the Summer of 2020 have been kind to most parts of Tamil Nadu with very few places touching the threshold 40ºC, if one were to ignore Madurai South observatory which many a times is out of sync with the neighbouring Madurai AP observatory, only Tiruchirappalli AP, Salem, Karur Paramathy & Erode have recorded…
