The past week to 10 days saw parts of the Indian Sub Continent come under increased maximum temperatures around East India and Peninsular India. Northeast India in particular was abnormally hot during the day time with many places recording max temperature anomaly in excess of 5°C during this period. Tamil Nadu was no different with…
The earth is unique in many ways among the planets of solar system. If one were to look at the two planets on either side of Earth in the solar system, Venus & Mars, the two have contrasting surface temperatures with Venus averaging 464°C while Mars averages -65°C as mean temperature. It is this balance…
After remaining subdued since the start of March temperatures started to go up North over the Indian sub continent this week just as most parts of the country started celebrating the new year according to the traditional Indian calendar. The names may be different in the form of Bisu Parba by the Tulu community of…
2023 is likely to be a year of transition, after a few years of cool regime in the form of La Nina the ocean dynamics is gradually changing to a warm regime with Pacific warming up and most weather models upbeat about a quick transition to El Nino and some models even hinting at a…
Since the start of Summer season 2023 (March to May according to IMD classification) so far no IMD observatory in Tamil Nadu has touched 40°C yet as maximum temperature with the 39.6 recorded by the observatory at Erode being the highest recorded by a station in Tamil Nadu for the year so far. We will…
