After a couple of days of slightly weak thunderstorm activity things are gradually picking up over Tamil Nadu. Yesterday thought thunderstorms were not widespread & restricted to mostly North & NW TN areas, Pallipattu, right on the border of Andhra Pradesh, recorded more than 15 cms from slow moving storms. Falling under the Mid Tropospheric…
The Northeast Monsoon season, starting from 1st October for data convenience, has got off to a very good start over Tamil Nadu with the seasonal rainfall tally for the 1st 6 days standing at nearly 40% of the October average. Except for Dharmapuri at -43% & Salem at -5% every district in the state is…
எப்பொருள் யார்யார்வாய்க் கேட்பினும் அப்பொருள்மெய்ப்பொருள் காண்ப தறிவு. திருக்குறள் 423 (அறிவுடைமை அதிகாரம்). எப்பொருளை யார் யார் இடம் கேட்டாலும் (கேட்டவாறே கொள்ளாமல்) அப் பொருளின் மெய்யானப் பொருளைக் காண்பதே அறிவாகும். — மு. வரதராசன். To discern the truth in every thing, by whomsoever spoken, is wisdom. Not for the first time we start a post with the above couplet from Thirukkural. It has been…
For the past few days most of Tamil Nadu has been seeing thunderstorms under the influence of the Upper Air Cyclonic Circulation that formed over South Bay and gradually moved west. While interior areas enjoyed very good spell of rains coastal areas did not benefit so much with places like Chennai remaining mostly a spectator…
Thunderstorms continued to persist over Tamil Nadu with the first 3 days of the Northeast Monsoon season providing an accumulated rainfall of 42 mm which is nearly 1/4th of the October average for Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry. The 1st 3 days long term average rainfall is 13.9 mm so in effect the 1st 3 days…
