Monsoons over the Indian Sub Continent, both Southwest Monsoon and Northeast Monsoon, not only go through intraseasonal oscillations but also go through long term decadal oscillation with positive and negative phases during these periods. While the human documented observations is just a couple of centuries old so any inferences based on very small data compared…
The last couple of days have seen thunderstorms return back over the leeward areas of Peninsular India including Tamil Nadu. Places in around South TN, particularly Madurai, Sivagangai district, has seen rains for both the days with weather models indicating the spell to continue today as well. Similarly places around Tiruvallur & Ranipet district also…
After two weeks of active and vigorous monsoon conditions it looks like Southwest Monsoon may be heading for a much needed break though rains have already tapered off along the Peninsular West coast. Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh has recorded more than 12 cms until 5:30 AM today morning which indicates things are shifting towards a…
Southwest Monsoon since the start of July has been vigorous over many parts of West and Central India while Coastal Karnataka & Kerala that were also seeing subdued monsoon performance during the month of July saw much needed revival increasing the storage in reservoirs across various river basins. The most notable among those has to…
Over the past few years Monsoon, be it Southwest Monsoon or Northeast Monsoon, has been punctuated by longer dry spells interspersed with extreme rainfall episodes which while balancing the statistical averages ends up creating more harm than good through floods, landslides and associated damages. With the Indian Ocean being one of the warmest ocean bodies…
