It is an understatement if one remarks Northeast Monsoon is called as a poor cousin of Southwest Monsoon. Nowhere this difference is more visible than among the research community where Northeast Monsoon as a phenomenon is less popular in terms of research studies. Not only is NEM less popular among the research community for many…
Parts of North Tamil Nadu including Chennai & Suburbs recorded moderate overnight rains with few places seeing heavy spells as well under the influence of favorable wind convergence influenced by the Easterlies. Though Easterlies by itself has not been able to bring forth widespread rains for Tamil Nadu the moisture brought by them under right…
கெடுப்பதூஉம் கெட்டார்க்குச் சார்வாய்மற் றாங்கேஎடுப்பதூஉம் எல்லாம் மழை Wrote Thiruvalluvar indicating how Rains often come at the right time when the most needy are desperately looking for it. But many a times it has also decided to stay away when the time is right. Northeast Monsoon almost came to a dead stop after 2015 Chennai Floods, similarly…
The ebbs & flows over a Monsoon season is always fascinating to watch & Observe. During Southwest Monsoon a slightly larger scale ebb & flow brings forth active & break phase of the monsoon conditions resulting in west & east coast benefitting from rains respectively. Northeast Monsoon has its own variant of this phenomenon when…
A week is a long time in weather particularly in the tropics where things could evolve at a pace much faster that what models can anticipate. But at times events go exactly as per script written by models, Cyclone Jawad was one such event that went exactly as written. Weather models were consistent on the…
