Yesterday saw most of Tamil Nadu go through a fairly hot day as clearer skies brought in an increase in temperature with the state seeing its 1st 40°C in almost a week as Madurai & Tiruttani recorded crossed the 40°C mark. Chennai Meenambakkam recorded 39°C which was 1.7°C above normal for this time of the…
Dry Outlook for Chennai over the next couple of days
While the West Coast has been active under Southwest Monsoon conditions Chennai has been seeing dry hot weather conditions prevail. Yesterday the two Chennai observatories, Meenambakkam & Nungambakkam were the hottest IMD observatories in Tamil Nadu possibly indicating the strength of Westerlies which did not allow any chance for sea breeze to give early respite…
Mumbai likely to see its Onset Spell of Monsoon 2017
The Southwest Monsoon 2017 has been vigorous over the West Coast with the stretch between North Kerala & Konkan seeing the heaviest rains. In what could be called as the first defining spell of this year’s Monsoon we are likely to see the Konkan coast join the party today under the influence of the off…
Good Start to Southwest Monsoon vital for Cauvery River Basin
The last 12 months or so has been a water shed period for the Cauvery River Basin thanks to poor Southwest Monsoon in 2016 that got aggravated by an even more poor Northeast Monsoon. Dams across the Cauvery River Basin are possibly at their lowest levels for the past few months with inflows mostly in…
Southwest Monsoon to be vigorous over Coastal Karnataka
The Southwest Monsoon has finally started picking up pace after a lull since the onset a couple of weeks back. Making slow progress since the onset the presence of a Low Pressure Area in Central / North Bay area has given a fresh impetus to monsoon surge creating possibly the first vigorous phase of Southwest…