Southwest Monsoon this year started with a bang even before the traditional onset date over Kerala. Late May saw a Monsoon surge that brought one of the earliest monsoon onsets in recent years. Subsequently as we came to the traditional onset window monsoon stalled for nearly two weeks. Between 26th May and 15th June the…
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Monsoon 2025 to revive after early season pause
Intra-seasonal monsoon oscillation is an integral part of SWM every year. The onset and withdrawal of Monsoon is a much discussed phenomenon. Onset and withdrawal has ben religiously monitored and documents for the last many decades. A lesser discussed characteristic is the Intra-seasonal oscillation. In other words active and break events of Monsoon. This paper…
Veppasalanam Thunderstorms likely for the next few days
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…
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…
Southwest Monsoon Checks in but bump ahead
Yesterday Southwest Monsoon made onset over Kerala more than a week ahead of schedule. Since 2010 Monsoon has been setting in over Kerala mostly on or after 29th May. During 2009 we saw onset over Kerala happen on 23rd May. 2025 is now the earliest mainland onset since then. 2025 will be the 14th year…