One of the words most popularised by Dr S R Ramanan was “Veppasalanam”. “வெப்பசலனம் காரனமாக மழை” is a phrase that owes so much to Dr Ramanan. Tamil is such a beautiful language that understood water cycle very early. “வான்முகந்த நீர் மழை பொழியவும் மழைப் பொழிந்த நீர் கடல் பரப்பவும் மாரி பெய்யும் பருவம் போல் நீரின்றும் நிலத்து ஏற்றவும் நிலத்தினின்று நீர்ப்பரப்பவும் அளந்து அறியாப் பல பண்டம்” – பட்டினப்பாலை. Veppasalanam as a word pretty much sums…
Tag: ChennaiRains
Plains of Tamil Nadu to see a return of mini Summer
Southwest Monsoon got off to a strong start this season covering almost half of the country before MOK. The monsoon surge was so strong over the past few days even the leeward plains of Tamil Nadu saw rains. Yesterday Chennai and suburbs saw multiple spell of rains from afternoon to late evening. This spell also…
Pre Monsoon Thunderstorms to end with a bang
On Tuesday IMD confirmed the onset of Southwest Monsoon over the southern parts of the archipelago. IMD also expects Monsoon to further progress over entire A&N islands along with parts of Arabian Sea and Comorin Sea. It may be ironic to talk about Pre Monsoon thunderstorms immeidately after Monsoon onset. But in a season that…
Wind discontinuity to bring back Rains over Peninsular India
The past few weeks Peninsular India has alternated between heat and rains like a swinging Pendulum. If one may use the boxing parlance like two boxers heat and thunderstorms have been trading blows every other week. The last few days saw most parts of Peninsular India come under searing heat. During this spell Vellore became…
Easterly Wave to bring rains and respite to TN
The last few days Tamil Nadu has seen a taste of what is likely to come up this Summer. Chennai AP recorded 37.7°C on Thursday which was the hottest day of the year. The IMD observatories at Karur Paramathi and Erode recorded 39°C as dry weather prevailed. South TN possibly was the only region in…