There’s an old saying in Tamil கார்த்திகைக்கு மிஞ்சின மழையும் இல்லை. கர்ணனுக்கு மிஞ்சின கொடையும் இல்லை which pretty much sums up the peak Northeast Monsoon time for Tamil Nadu. While South TN and parts of delta will continue to see favorable conditions for rains North TN slowly gets into winter mode as we get into the second…
Life Cycle is a phrase which we normally associate with living things, sometimes we associate it with products too in the corporate world too. Similarly Monsoons also go through life cycle with clear onset, peak & retreat phases. In the case of Southwest Monsoon these phases are well defined by IMD and also easy to…
After a few days of break parts of Chennai woke up to light rains over many parts of the city. Places slightly North of Chennai and northern suburbs of Chennai recorded moderate rains in a few places. Ennore Port recorded 6 mm at the time of making the post as isolated thunderstorms slowly make their…
Though it NEM 2019 may not be active over Chennai & suburbs a lot of action is happening around the Indian Ocean. A combination of influence from planetary waves & favorable tropical conditions mean the Equatorial Indian Ocean on either side is teeming with activity. Add one of the strongest Positive IOD episodes in recent…
After a few days Chennai and most of Tamil Nadu wakes up to relatively dry conditions as school children enjoy a Bonus holiday that was declared last evening. As the famous song in the movie Guna went said அது என்னவோ தெரியல என்ன மாயமோ தெரியல most often the rains in Chennai stop as though powered by…
