Over the last 24 hours or so most parts of Coastal Tamil Nadu between Delta dts and Chennai received moderate to heavy rains under the influence of an interaction between Mid Latitude Westerly Trough and a trough of Easterlies over Southwest Bay of Bengal. As is the case more often than not when an interaction…
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2023 to end & 2024 to start on a dry note for most of Tamil Nadu
In roughly 48 hours from the time of this post not only the statistical season of Northeast Monsoon 2023 will come to an end but also the rainfall season for year 2023 also will come to an end. The NEM seasonal tally for Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry stands at 455.8 mm with rainfall accumulation from…
Northeast Monsoon 2023 – A tale of two monsoons
Janus. As the god of transitions and dualities, Janus is portrayed with two faces—one facing the past, and one facing the future. In a way Northeast Monsoon 2023 also is a tale of two monsoons, one that shattered records in the districts of Thoothukudi and Tirunelveli and the other showing how extreme rainfall may be…