With Southwest Monsoon season ending on September 30th we present our seasonal summary on how this year’s Southwest Monsoon ended up. As has been the practice at COMK we will present a statistical analysis of the monsoon rather than focusing on the technicalities. A quick recap on how the Monsoon advanced this year. While parts…
Mostly Dry Conditions to continue over Tamil Nadu
Yesterday saw fairly subdued rainfall activity over Tamil Nadu with isolated thunderstorms developing in the Cuddalore / Pondicherry region late afternoon / evening. Subsequently areas to the North & Northwest of Chennai had a fairly intense band of thunderstorm develop over the Pulicat region that moved in towards parts of Chennai and gave moderate spells…
Rains in Tamil Nadu to ease as Delta districts get good rains yesterday
After a spell of few days Rains in Tamil Nadu is expected to ease today. While the previous two days rains in Tamil Nadu were focussed over the North Coastal region yesterday the delta districts got a good spell of rains. Many places in Trichy, Thanjavur, Thiruvarur & Nagappattinam districts got moderate to heavy…
Intense thunderstorms hit Chennai, More rains on the offing for Tamil Nadu
As though wanting to compensate for the dry few days Chennai was hit by intense set of thunderstorms that created a cloud burst type of rains over the city. With rainfall rates around 5 cm an hour many places got hit by strong thunderstorms accompanied by a sound and light show that created DTS affect…
Cloudy Conditions likely for Chennai, Rains to continue over Coastal Tamil Nadu
The trend of rains over Coastal Tamil Nadu continued last night as well with many places in Kanchipuram, Tiruvannamalai & Villupuram districts along with the UT of Pondicherry. Chithamur to the Southwest of Chengalpattu recorded about 4 cms as most of the rain bands last night stayed between Chengalpattu & Pondicherry region. Similarly parts…