The North Indian Ocean basin (Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal) typically see two cyclone seasons every year. The first season happens when transition happens between Easterly to Westerly winds. April and May see cyclones often playing a role in these seasonal reversal of winds. The second season coincides with the Northeast Monsoon season. Once…
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South Tamil Nadu and Kerala better placed for rains
The last couple of years have seen a lot of progress in Ai/ML weather models which place a lot of emphasis on past events. Based on how events happened under similar conditions these Ai/ML models create forecasts with best probable scenarios. Numerical weather models which are based on differential equations place a lot of emphasis…
Tropical waves to bring enhanced rainfall activity over Peninsular India this week
Most weather observers would accept when one says Sun / Heat is the driver of Rainfall. From small scale events like thunderstorms to large scale synoptic events like Monsoon everything owes something to Sun / Heat. But time to time the favourable presence of tropical waves plays a crucial role in enhancing the rainfall. Many…
Last few days of agony for large parts of Peninsular India
A few weeks back Manjummel Boys, a Malayalam film, took Tamil Nadu by storm. It brought audience to the theatres by droves making them go through lows and highs of emotions. The film was based on a real life incident that happened in 2006 . The audience ended up resonating with the Manjummel Boys while…
Peninsular India all set to witness the worst phase of Summer 2024
It is no understatement to say Summer this year has been brutal so far over the interior areas of Peninsular India. Cambridge Dictionary calls Weather as “the conditions in the air above the earth such as wind, rain, or temperature, especially at a particular time over a …”.Pattern as “a particular way in which something…