In a much needed respite from heat last couple of days saw widespread rains over Tamil Nadu. The 19.1 mm recorded yesterday is almost the monthly TN & PDC average for the month. While weather models indicated heavy to very heavy rains over South Tamil Nadu the heaviest rains happened around the areas bordering North…
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…
North TN to see increase in day time temperatures
The last couple of days say rains return over parts of Tamil Nadu. In particular South TN saw moderate to heavy rains in many places with even parts of Kerala seeing rains yesterday. North TN though was relatively dry except for some rains up to Pondicherry latitude. On Friday few pockets of Chennai saw light…
South TN may come under widespread rains later this week
A rainfall update for South TN just as Summer gets ready to show up its face over Peninsular India may surprise a few. But for long term weather observers it may not be a surprise as such considering the prevailing La Nina Conditions. A quick look at depressions during March over the past 75 years…
Winter comes to an end over the plains of Peninsular India
All good things should come to an end goes an old saying. Peninsular India may not have seen the classic winter this year due to prevailing La Nina. But even the mild winter conditions have pretty much come to an end for the plains. Over the past few days night time temperatures have slowly started…