The past few weeks Peninsular India has alternated between heat and rains like a swinging Pendulum. If one may use the boxing parlance like two boxers heat and thunderstorms have been trading blows every other week. The last few days saw most parts of Peninsular India come under searing heat. During this spell Vellore became…
Summer 2025 to tighten its grip over Tamil Nadu
The last couple of days saw rains over many parts of Peninsular India. Even a few places around Chennai also saw moderate rains as atmospheric instability triggered thunderstorms. The 45.5 mm accumulated until yesterday puts 2025 as the 14th highest for March rains since 1871 for TN & PDC. These mango showers brought marginal respite…
Mango showers to bring respite for next couple of days
Peninsular India is privy to seasonal transition thunderstorms twice a year. The first one happens around March / April when the Easterlies gradually turn to Westerlies. The second happens during September / October when the westerlies give way to Easterlies. These two transitions are effectively the start of a larger process namely Southwest Monsoon and…
Pendulum swings back to Dry Weather & Summer conditions
In a much needed respite from heat last couple of days saw widespread rains over Tamil Nadu. The 19.1 mm recorded yesterday is almost the monthly TN & PDC average for the month. While weather models indicated heavy to very heavy rains over South Tamil Nadu the heaviest rains happened around the areas bordering North…
Easterly Wave to bring rains and respite to TN
The last few days Tamil Nadu has seen a taste of what is likely to come up this Summer. Chennai AP recorded 37.7°C on Thursday which was the hottest day of the year. The IMD observatories at Karur Paramathi and Erode recorded 39°C as dry weather prevailed. South TN possibly was the only region in…