One of the key things that come up with better observations is long term record keeping. This long term record keeping serves as a good remainder to how things happened many years back decluttering some of the noise that comes around “Climate Change and Global Warming”. August 2023 set many unwanted records as Southwest Monsoon…
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Convective thunderstorms to continue over Tamil Nadu
The Indian sub continent is home to various forms of arts and dances. While most of them are learnt through formal training a few get passed through generations by practice. One such art known as “கழைக்கூத்து” in Tamil. Similar to the trapeze act in circuses this requires a lot of concentration, balance and coordination. Convective…
Developing Bay Circulation to bring Summer to a grinding halt
Summer of ’23 will possibly be etched in the memories of Chennai citizens as firmly as Summer of ’69 remains in the memories of rock fans. The couple of years coinciding with the Covid pandemic saw a relatively below par summer for Chennai leading widespread talk about the pandemic induced reduction in commercial activity reducing…
Rogue Cyclone Biparjoy leaves monsoon high and dry
Rogue “behaving in ways that are not expected or not normal, often in a way that causes damage“ Cambridge Dictionary With the first fortnight of Southwest Monsoon season almost coming to an end except for Punjab, Ladakh (UT), Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar (UT) and Pondicherry (UT) all the other states are showing negative…
Southwest Monsoon makes onset over Tamil Nadu
For the last couple of days scattered thunderstorms have marked their presence over North Coastal Tamil Nadu during evening time after a hot afternoon. The important characteristic of these thunderstorms over the weekend was its ability to move across the coast towards the sea. This was indicative of the strengthening of the Westerlies allowing the…