Fielding restrictions have been existing in limited overs cricket through some form or the other for nearly 50 years. A new wave of attacking batsmanship from cricketers like Ian Botham and Mark Greatbatch during the 1992 Cricket World Cup brought about by the 2 fielders outside the 30 yard circle restriction for the first 15…
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Southwest Monsoon continues to totter along
“totter” : to walk with difficulty in a way that looks as if you are about to fall Cambridge Dictionary With three weeks of June gone it is not often one gets to see a Southwest Monsoon onset chart from IMD not covering the megapolis of Mumbai. In a way one can see a lot…
Developing Bay Circulation to bring Summer to a grinding halt
Summer of ’23 will possibly be etched in the memories of Chennai citizens as firmly as Summer of ’69 remains in the memories of rock fans. The couple of years coinciding with the Covid pandemic saw a relatively below par summer for Chennai leading widespread talk about the pandemic induced reduction in commercial activity reducing…
Southwest Monsoon makes onset over Tamil Nadu
For the last couple of days scattered thunderstorms have marked their presence over North Coastal Tamil Nadu during evening time after a hot afternoon. The important characteristic of these thunderstorms over the weekend was its ability to move across the coast towards the sea. This was indicative of the strengthening of the Westerlies allowing the…
Rare June Cyclone likely over Arabian Sea as wait for Monsoon Onset continues
Cyclones during Southwest Monsoon do not occur due to the presence of Tropical Easterly Jet, upper level jet winds from the East, that creates consistent wind shear preventing any intensification of tropical disturbances between the period June to September. Overall during the Southwest Monsoon period about 191 cyclones have formed between June and September with…