Most of Tamil Nadu has been seeing moderately hot days for the past couple of days with isolated places in South TN crossing 38°C. The state capital Chennai has been seeing near normal temperatures as well under occasionally partly cloudy skies. Since 30th March the max temperature at Nungambakkam observatory has not touched 35 while…
Inflow Based Distribution – Way forward for Cauvery Issue
The Cauvery Issue has once again become a Topic of Discussion in the country with the 6 weeks deadline set by the Supreme Court for implementing the “Scheme of Distribution” passing. The subsequent events indicate how the fortunes of the river is an emotional connect to the people of Tamil Nadu & Karnataka. We at…
Temperatures to be under check over most of Tamil Nadu
As the Easterlies showed signs of strengthening over Coastal Tamil Nadu not only there was some reduction in temperature over many parts of the state, isolated rainfall activity was also observed in one or two places. Places to the South of Chennai near Chengalpattu recorded a spell of afternoon rain while yesterday morning the IMD…
Above Normal Temperature to prevail over South Tamil Nadu
Yesterday saw a slight reduction in temperatures across Tamil Nadu as estimated by models with only Madurai Town recording 39°C while all other IMD observatories recorded less than 39°C. The Airport observatory at Chennai recorded nearly 2 degrees lower maximum temperature compared to Saturday. Almost all observatories in the plains except possibly Coimbatore AP recorded…
Heat & Thunderstorms to Ease over most of Tamil Nadu
The last week saw an increase in temperatures across Tamil Nadu due to the presence of a trough over Peninsular India changing the wind pattern. Land breeze became more dominant during the afternoons reducing the impact of the moderating Easterlies. Consequent to this was the arrival of the thunderstorms as well. The last couple of…





