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…
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…
After more than four months of looking West for rains & thunderstorms its now time to look East for the Rains. It is that time of the year when sudden early morning rains along the coast could catch you by surprise. Southwest Monsoon has withdrawn from almost all of the country except for parts of…
It is that time of the year when Northeast Monsoon slowly starts to become the most published / talked about word among general public and media. The period when we see the WhatsApp warriors get ready for an all out attack using every existing and non existing Weather Models to create panic well supported by…
Monsoon is a word, Northeast Monsoon aka NEM is an emotion for the weather bloggers & enthusiasts of Tamil Nadu. This period of about 60 days is possibly unrivaled anywhere in terms of excitement as the emotions ebb and flow along with the model outputs of Global Numerical Models like GFS & ECMWF. The period…
