Yesterday IMD announced the withdrawal of Northeast Monsoon 2016 from Peninsular India with the overall monsoon dynamics weakening and the ITCZ moving southward towards the Equator. Since the start of 2017 only Vedaranyam and Papanasam have received any rainfall in excess of 10 mm in Tamil Nadu indicating the prevailing dryness in conditions. Going by…
Dry Weather in Tamil Nadu to continue
The last couple of days has seen predominantly dry weather in Tamil Nadu with only Papanasam in Tirunelveli district recording rains yesterday. Things are set to continue in similar pattern for the next few days which not much change expected in the days to come. With the Bay disturbance still consolidating, IMD is expecting…
Bay Disturbance continues to Struggle, Unlikely to Become a Major Force
The last few days we have received a lot queries about possible Cyclone in Bay and whether Rains will happen in Tamil Nadu. Possibly the Fascination of a Rare January Cyclone had triggered a lot of interest in the social media. Despite receiving a lot of messages asking us about the Rare January Cyclone and…
A COMK review of 2016 Weather events in India
COMK wishes all its wellwishers a Happy and Prosperous New Year In a sequel to our earlier post highlighting the global weather events of 2016, here is our review of the Weather Events of 2016 in India. As was the case with our global post this is just to give a perspective as weather bloggers and…
Isolated Rains likely in Coastal Tamil Nadu, Dry Weather in Rest of Peninsula
The New Year was ushered in with some isolated rains in Coastal Tamil Nadu yesterday early morning. Vedaranyam recorded 2 cms while parts of Chennai particularly the Southern areas of the city received spells of passing showers after midnight just as 2016 gave way to 2017. With the Equatorial Waters of Indian Ocean having an…