Yesterday once again saw many places of Tamil Nadu record heavy thunderstorm activity as weak monsoon conditions over Peninsular India worked to the advantage of the rain shadow region. After missing rains for many days the IMD Observatory at Trichy AP recorded a massive 13 cms from evening storms yesterday. Places in North TN once…
Thunderstorms continue to rock Tamil Nadu
For the second day in a row large parts of Tamil Nadu saw thunderstorm activity bringing heavy rains. While Chennai saw light rains during the morning hours of yesterday places down south recorded good rains till afternoon. Places in Northwestern Tamil Nadu like Hosur, Denkanikottai etc which was missing Thunderstorms so far recorded good rains…
Stormy evening likely over Tamil Nadu
Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, the late Arignar Anna once mentioned “வடக்கு வாழ்கிறது, தெற்கு தேய்கிறது” in the context of South India getting lesser share in Union Budgets compared to North India. If one was to use similar analogy for Peninsular India weather during Southwest Monsoon we could say “When West Sleeps the East gets…
Thunderstorm activity to continue over Tamil Nadu
Yesterday saw the return of thunderstorms over Tamil Nadu as many places recorded light to moderate rains in the evening. Parts of Chennai also recorded moderate spell of thunderstorms with Anna University recording 14 mm during the evening spell of rains. Satellite image indicates strong banding from the Low Pressure Area over the ChotaNagpur region….
West Coast Slows Down to bring relief
In what could be a huge boost for relief & rehabilitation efforts over the battered places in Western Ghats the rains have slowed down since yesterday with further reduction likely today. Avalanche, famous after 200 cms recorded in 72 hours, recorded just 5 mm for the 24 hours ending today morning 6 AM. Satellite image…





