The Southwest Monsoon juggernaut has been slowly ambling along ever since it made onset over Kerala on 4th June. As the monsoon moves along the leeward plains of North TN is also bearing the brunt. The brunt of stiff westerlies that keep temperatures high till evening. With sea breeze either not coming in or very…
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Monsoon onset over Kerala – a few days away
As we get to the last couple of days of the official summer season most eyes are on Monsoon onset over Kerala. IMD’s statistical models estimated SWM may make its entry over Indian mainland around 26th May. But as things stand there is still sometime before monsoon winds hit Kerala. After hitting parts of A&N…
LPA to form in SW Bay, but path may be unfavorable for TN
The North Indian Ocean cyclone season is typically split as two sub seasons by Southwest Monsoon. Pre Monsoon season coincides with the summer months. Post Monsoon season coincides with Northeast Monsoon season. Often these cyclones also play a role in reversing the seasonal winds between Westerlies and Easterlies. Over the past 24 to 48 hours…
South TN to come under widespread rains during the weekend
It is not often we see a Low Pressure Area during the month of February over the North Indian Ocean. Only about 7 Depressions / Cyclones have formed in Bay of Bengal since 1891 during the month of February. But at times the script is flipped.More than 40 years back the IMD observatory at Nungambakkam…
Fresh spell of rains likely over parts of Tamil Nadu
Terms like El Nino / La Nina / MJO etc has started getting into common speak as weather awareness increases. It has also resulted in a lot of myths about flooding events. For e.g. the 2015 Chennai floods was connected to El Nino. Every subsequent El Nino episode brought a question of potential floods for…