As expected a low pressure trough exists near Andaman Islands. Will this develop into an organized disturbance, looks doubtful though with nature it is never impossible. But it would certainly push Easterlies strongly into Peninsular India. The low pressure trough is expected to move in a Westward direction towards Sri Lanka. Thanks to ITCZ being…
Chennai has to look at Hagupit for next spell of rains
As explained yesterday there is a mild Low Pressure Area that is showing signs of development in the Arabian Sea. Unfortunately for Chennai it is at a fairly low latitude to provide any major advantage for North TN, It is expected to continue in a Westerly direction towards Africa over the next few days. Unlikely…
Active Bay brings back rains to Chennai
After a fairly long break, Bay finally brings back life to Northeast Monsoon with some decent spells of rain to Chennai and surrounding areas since yesterday. Crucially it has provided some extremely heavy rains to South Andhra Pradesh which has come as a boon which was reeling under a huge deficit for the year. North…
Easterlies Picking up once again in Bay of Bengal
The Easterlies are slowly picking up in the Bay of Bengal. IMD has confirmed the existence of a Low Pressure Trough in the South West Bay as well. As mentioned a couple of days in this blog, these two would slowly revive the rains for Tamil Nadu in the days to come. The Mild Low…
Northeast Monsoon Update – 6th December, Some More Rains for South Tamil Nadu
Finally some good news to share on the Rain front though how much of it would translate to Chennai is a billion dollar question. The first very important piece of good news for us is the slow momentum the Easterlies are building in the Bay of Bengal. Over the next few days they would start…