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With Spring Equinox now behind us, the sun’s rays now is expected to gradually move up towards Tropic of Cancer as it heralds the Summer for Northern Hemisphere. The last couple of days have also seen temperatures gradually increase over interior Tamil Nadu with places like Karur, Erode etc staying above the 100ºF mark. But […]
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யானை வரும் பின்னே மணி ஓசை வரும் முன்னே is a very famous Tamil proverb indicating one can understand the arrival of the elephant even before its actual physical arrival by keen observing the sounds made by the bell. Similarly if one were to keep observing weather factors it is easy to watch out for the bell […]
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Last few days saw parts of South Tamil Nadu & places along the Western Ghats record convective thunderstorms bringing some heavy rains to few places. In particular places like Thenkasi, Kotagiri, Sivagiri, Andipatti etc recorded heavy spells of rains during the week. The wind charts indicated the LWD type of conditions that prevailed along the […]
Continue ReadingLong term weather inference is mostly Utopia if one is serous about understanding weather. Particularly in a tropical weather zone like India & a complex largescale weather phenomenon like Southwest Monsoon. But keeping in mind the needs for sections like agriculture which might need an early update to plan cropping cycle / choose crops wisely […]
Continue ReadingYesterday saw temperatures climb up a couple of degrees across most parts of Tamil Nadu with places like Namakkal, Salem, Karur etc inching closer to 100ºF mark while Chennai AP recorded 34.6ºC the hottest day of the year so far, nearly 2.5 degrees hotter than the previous day. Weather models indicate the next few days […]
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