Yesterday saw for the second day rains in Tamil Nadu with quite a few places receiving moderate spells of rains. Thirukoilur in particular received a spell of very heavy rains when more than 5 cms of rains fell in one hour between 4:30 PM & 5:30 PM. Going by the radar & AWS data…
Rains to continue in Tamil Nadu, Central Interior TN likely to benefit today
Yesterday saw many places of North Tamil Nadu get rains with Vellore & Tiruvallur districts getting moderate rains in one or two places. While places slightly to the North of Chennai like Ponneri got some rains the city missed out thanks to poor wind support for the movement of Thunderstorms towards Chennai. In what is…
Rains in Tamil Nadu set to comeback, Isolated Rains likely today
Rains in Tamil Nadu went missing since the start of July coinciding with the active phase of Southwest Monsoon in Central India. Chennai was no different like rest of Tamil Nadu seeing fairly hot and dry conditions during this period. A casual observation of the Daily Rainfall Chart for TN & Pondy reveals how the…
Hot Day likely in Chennai, evening sea breeze to bounce back from today
The last few days have seen Sea Breeze pretty much disappear from the vicinity of Chennai making it uncomfortable evenings and late nights as temperatures stayed above 30 degrees right into late evening. Nights saw temperatures stay closer to 30 degrees making it very warm and sticky thanks to the humidity that is always…
Southwest Monsoon So far – Tamil Nadu district wise rainfall data
A couple of weeks back we had done Southwest Monsoon – The story so far comparing the district rainfall numbers nationally. One of the common feedback received was the need for a similar exercise with Tamil Nadu in particular. Keeping this in mind and the way the rains have panned out during the first…