Recent Updates
Two sides UAC and North TN favorite winds remains. High waves alert for Kerala & South TN from 15-18th October
Perfect NW winds for rains […]
Another perfect day for rains in North TN to Delta. KTCC (Chennai) falls under convergence zone too
Another perfect day for veppasalanam […]
Dream Season to continue for Kerala and TN. Chennai likely to join party today, NEM delayed to >Oct 20
Its Saturday time, i can […]
TWM Special update – Cyclone Shaheen to cross Oman with 120 km/hr winds & dump heavy rains
Though the mainland Oman sees […]
Super Rains in KK and Tuty gets more winds than what cyclone gave to North AP
Amazing rains were observed in […]
Heavy Rainfall for Kanyakumari & highwinds for KK, Pamban, Tuty, Vedaranayam- Delta belts
We have seen the template […]
Rainfall Data
Tamil Nadu Rainfall recorded on 04.10.2021
Very heavy rains lashed Chinnmannur – Veerapandi belt as a result flash floods happened in some areas with Veerapandi recorded 124 mm rainfall while Ambasamudram in Vaigai River (not to be confused with Tirunelveli Ambasamudram) recorded 110 mm rainfall. We can see the flash floods near Koochanur (Theni) as a result of the rains here https://twitter.com/praddy06/status/1444699455098290177 A UAC lies over coastal Tamilnadu […]
Tamil Nadu Rainfall recorded on 03.10.2021
Kanyakumari town which is usually dry got close to 100 mm in an intense spell of rains while nearby Ashramam and Nagercoil too got good rains. In Nilgiris, Kodanadu,Kotagiri,Coonoor all got massive rains. These places have east opening. While little down the altitude in Mettupalayam, Karamadai and Nellithurai in Coimbatore also got very good rains. Easterlies vanthalae (comes na), these Coonoor belt […]
Tamil Nadu Rainfall recorded on 02.10.2021
Villupuram, Kallakuruchi, Coimbatore and Ramanathapuram belt got heavy rains. In KTC, Katupakkam near Vandalur got 30 mm rainfall. A Upper Air Circulation lies over southwest Bay of Bengal and extends upto 5.8 km above mean sea level tilting westwards with height. A trough in easterlies runs from the above cyclonic circulation to interior Maharashtra across Tamilnadu & interior Karnataka in lower tropospheric […]
Tamil Nadu Rainfall recorded on 01.10.2021
Erode and Namakkal belt got heavy rains for 2nd straight day and there was flash floods seen there after a long time. Pudukottai and Perambalur belt got heavy rains too. In Chennai, Ennore got 50 mm of intense downpour in 30 mins. A Upper Air circulation extended upto 3.1 km above msl lay over central parts of south Bay of Bengal. The […]
Super Rains in KK and Tuty gets more winds than what cyclone gave to North AP
Amazing rains were observed in entire Kanyakumari district and from today morning the rains have stopped. This spell reduced the shortfall in the SWM quota. Remember Kanyakumari had record May month rains, so this shortfall is not going to a alarming one and Dams in Kanyakumari are having good storage. Today Valparai and Nilgiris will get heavy rains as the low moves […]
Final day of rains, before we head for Short break in Chennai
An excess June, excess July and now excess August for both Chennai and Tamil Nadu. Today too north TN regions are falling in the zone of convergence and from tomorrow there will be reduction in rains and then it will pickup again on September 1/2nd. In the ghat areas of Valparai, Gudalur belt and parts of kanyakumari & Theni regions heavy rains […]
Rain Updates
Two sides UAC and North TN favorite winds remains. High waves alert for Kerala & South TN from 15-18th October
Perfect NW winds for rains […]
Another perfect day for rains in North TN to Delta. KTCC (Chennai) falls under convergence zone too
Another perfect day for veppasalanam […]
Dream Season to continue for Kerala and TN. Chennai likely to join party today, NEM delayed to >Oct 20
Its Saturday time, i can […]
Super Rains in KK and Tuty gets more winds than what cyclone gave to North AP
Amazing rains were observed in […]
Cyclone Updates
TWM Special update – Cyclone Shaheen to cross Oman with 120 km/hr winds & dump heavy rains
Though the mainland Oman sees cyclones often, but cyclones which crosses with wind speed crossing the mainland Oman are very rare, as most cyclone will start to fizzle out in the desert belt as a result of dry winds. But Cyclone Shaheen has manged to survive and even going to cross the coast of oman later tonight with with sustained winds around […]
Super Rains in KK and Tuty gets more winds than what cyclone gave to North AP
Amazing rains were observed in entire Kanyakumari district and from today morning the rains have stopped. This spell reduced the shortfall in the SWM quota. Remember Kanyakumari had record May month rains, so this shortfall is not going to a alarming one and Dams in Kanyakumari are having good storage. Today Valparai and Nilgiris will get heavy rains as the low moves […]
Heavy Rainfall for Kanyakumari & highwinds for KK, Pamban, Tuty, Vedaranayam- Delta belts
We have seen the template so many times, a cyclone crossing north AP or Odisha or West Bengal coast, the it activates the westerlies to surge and converge over South Kerala and Kanyakumari regions. Even this year May month Cyclone Yaas when it crossed Odisha, Kanyakumari, Ramanathpuram-Pamban, Muthupet-Vedaranayam belt got to see high winds. Heavy rainfall Heavy to very heavy rainfall is […]
Cyclone Yaas and Tamil Nadu Weather Update for coming days
No sleep, so this update at 3.00 am. So forgive for the typos and language. As winds converge around the low pressure the Veppa Salanam (Heat based or Sun based Convective) rains in Tamil Nadu will reduce. Once the low becomes Cyclone it will tightly wrap up the clouds around it. Hence, convergence will happen at sea around the low pressure are. […]
Colaba records wind speed of 102 km/hr from Taukate, lets see historic Mumbai wind speeds from Cyclones
Past Cyclones that affected Mumbai Mumbai Cyclones are very very rare, very rarely we see cyclone making landfall as Cyclonic Storm in Kerala or Karnataka or Maharashtra. We can note down them and even memorize them. Have gone through the archives and found that two significant cyclones (1940 & 1948) that crossed near / over Mumbai. And have taken Nisarga too for […]
Depression weakens to WML but says nan po mattan from GoM, same pattern remains. Heavy rains to Delta – Cuddalore, Tuty Joins the party
The Depression (Ex Burevi) as a cyclone entered Palk Strait / Gulf of Mannar in the early hours on 3rd of December. It is more than 48 hours now and still remains there in Gulf of Mannar as Well Marked Low Pressure Area (WML_. And it is spinning up clouds up north to Cuddalore and Delta belt again. Why is […]
Recent Articles
Kanyakumari cloves, Karuppur kalamkari paintings & Kallakurichi wood carvings joins the treasures of Tamil Nadu
With break in rains, this is an off weather post. When you visit these towns, make sure you know where to buy the authentic products and let the heritage of our Tamil Nadu continue without getting lost by buying these products rather than buying the modern ones. This post is an update from the previous version putup in Facebook and Twitter with […]
Waterspout seen in Ramanathapuram last week, which is a very rare event in Tamil Nadu
1. Tornado A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as twisters. Tornadoes come in many shapes and sizes, but they are typically in the form of a visible condensation funnel, […]