After many a false starts this year the onset of Northeast Monsoon may finally happen soon with things slowly falling into place for a moderate rainfall activity to happen over most of Tamil Nadu this week. The effect of Northerlies has started to wane & one can feel this with the reduced early morning chillness…
One of the often repeated phrases by meteorologists is how difficult it is to give weather forecasts for Tropical Areas. Bay of Bengal possibly signifies this best in the current context. The models are so inconsistent in their outputs due to ever changing dynamics that we are seeing outputs as crazy as very severe cyclones …
As we step into the 8th day of delay in Northeast Monsoon onset there is some progress seen in Bay of Bengal. The broad circulation that’s been lingering around the Equatorial waters and adjoining parts of South bay has developed a weak low pressure area off the coast of Sri Lanka. May be in sync…
While all of Tamil Nadu maintains a tense wait for NEM onset nature churns things at its own pace without any show of emotions. With 2 / 3 false alarms already seen with regard to potential Northeast Monsoon onset the key question remains is whether will Northeast Monsoon check in at the next available opportunity….
While the wait for Northeast Monsoon continues, last week in our post indicating subdued start to Monsoon we had provided an indicative chart of Rainfall Anomaly for the subsequent 7 days. A few of our regular readers have given a positive feedback on the chart and how it could be useful for those who need…
