Recent Updates
Action to shift to North Interior Tamil Nadu. Parts of Kerala to get heavy rains, Bangalore in hit or miss heavy rains
Before going into the post, […]
Chennai and coastal belt to see light rains on Friday morning while T-storms to continue in STN
Today the rains will be […]
Dam levels in Tamil Nadu and Chennai – A good year for Chennai & Mettur
We are well into Summer […]
Chennai heat wave to peak today & temp will come down from Tom. In interior areas hot days will continue
1. Four Reasons for heat […]
Hottest places on 21.03.2021 and Thunderstorms in ghat areas of TN-Kerala border
Intense Thunderstorms were seen in […]
Rainfall Data
Chennai heat wave to peak today & temp will come down from Tom. In interior areas hot days will continue
1. Four Reasons for heat wave Dry land winds from North West – The entire march easterlies were present and the temp in coastal areas were so good staying less 35. With land breeze coming from North west the temperature started to increase from 30th March and is expected to peak today in coastal areas. Heat advected from hot areas of Cuddapah-Rayalseema-Anantapur […]
Awesome spell comes to an end, dry days ahead for Tamil Nadu
Cuddalore got 186 and 112 mm rainfall on 21 and 22nd February, 2021 respectively. But the rains were spread into 2 days because of the 8.30 am cut-off timings. Actually, the rains happened in single stretch. So close to 300 mm fell at a go in Cuddalore. Without any low pressure or even a trough of low or even a UAC, these […]
Rare February rains, action to shift to east coast (Tiruvallur to Nellore zone)
The trend continues isnt it. 1st it was record breaking January. We cant compare the February rains in 2021 in par with January 2021 rains. But February – March are one of the driest months for Tamil Nadu that makes these rare rains special. Not often we these rains in February. For past 2 days the rains have happened in ghat areas […]
Tamil Nadu Weatherman Special – Record breaking January Rains & one for a lifetime
Data & Numbers warning – This post will have lots of data and numbers. There are around 500 number of Rain Gauge stations available in Tamil Nadu which are maintained by WRO, TNEB and mostly by Revenue Departments. There are then 30 observatory stations which are maintained by IMD for which records are available. Lets see what are the record broken in […]
East meets West Rains in Kerala, Nilgiris, Kovai, Kumari, Nellai, Vnagar, Tkasi, Dgul, Tpur, Kodagu, Chikmagalur
Delta and North Interior Tamil Nadu like Villupuram, Tiruvannamalai are getting rains. Even Chennai (KTC) will get on and off rains. Other interiors districts like Trichy, Salem, Karur, Madurai will also get rains to name a few. But the real action shifts to Western Districts close to Kerala. Kerala, Nilgiris, Kovai, Kanyakumari, Nellai, Virudhunagar, Thenkasi, Dindigul, Tiruppur, Kodagu, Chikmmagalur all located […]
A rare spell to remember for lifetime in Chennai. Tomorrow North coastal TN, Interior / West, South TN will get rains.
Nowcasting – In next 30 mins to 1 hour a small band of clouds will give some short spell to Chennai. Look at the massive rainfall numbers which fell in just 15 hours (midnight to 4.00 pm). This is not November or December. This is January. Not sure whether i will be alive to see another spell like this in Chennai when […]
Rain Updates
Action to shift to North Interior Tamil Nadu. Parts of Kerala to get heavy rains, Bangalore in hit or miss heavy rains
Before going into the post, […]
Chennai and coastal belt to see light rains on Friday morning while T-storms to continue in STN
Today the rains will be […]
Light to Moderate rains in South TN from tomorrow, while MJO returns by last week of March
From 8 to 12th March, […]
Next one week – Day Temp in West TN will be warm, while East Coast districts will see around normal Temperature
Temperature As long as Easterlies […]
Cyclone Updates
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 […]
Depression will remain in same place without crossing land for next 24 hours, will send up bands after bands into North and Interior Tamil Nadu
Location of Depression (Weakened Burevi) Depression is still located near Pamban-Rameshwaram belt and has been in that area for past one day and will continue to remain there for one more day. So ideal location for rains in entire Tamil Nadu. We can see the cloud temp in centre region is reduced from -58 C in morning to now just -2.5 C, […]
Burevi weakened as expected, Massive rains in Delta and Cuddalore etc. Semma rains expected today too.
Burevi is no more a cyclone and weakened as Deep Depression and is lying in Gulf of Mannar, it will stay there itself for a while spinning bands in Delta and North TN throughout the day. So massive rains expected in Tamil Nadu again today. With two more days of rains left from dying Burevi, we are going to see floods in […]
Burevi – Caught between the Ridges will move into area of high Shear in GoM will weaken and stall
Why Burevi is taking a South West Dip and goes down Nivar oda brother “Burevi” moves W-NW for few more hours under the Pacific Ridge and then the grip of the pacific ridge weakens over Burevi. Then it stall over Gulf of Mannar for a day and then the steering ridge from West (Arabian Ridge) steers the system W-SW and makes it […]
It is Time for South TN and Delta to participate in the NEM Rally from 2nd December
1. Performance of the Monsoon till date. North and North Interior Tamil Nadu – Tirupattur, Chennai, Kancheepuram, Tiruvannamalai, Ranipet have got good rains while Chengalpet, Tiruvallur, Villupuram and Vellore have got normal rains. South Tamil Nadu – Virudhunagar, Sivaganga and Madurai have got good rains while Theni, Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi have got normal rains. West Tamil Nadu – Only Tiruppur has rocked […]
Massive Rains dumped by Nivar and one of the best rain filled cyclone in recent times
W-NW movement cyclones are always rain filled cyclones unlike the pure west movement ones like Thane, Gaje or Vardah. From morning Chennai is seeing gusty winds though we expected gusts to touch 100 km/hr, a maximum of 70 km/hr is recorded at Meenambakkam at morning. But it is not the winds, it is the rains which caused maximum trouble to the people. […]
Recent Articles
Tamil Nadu Weatherman Special – Earthquake with Epicenter in Tamil Nadu near Chengam
After 3 years, a less intensity M3.0 earthquake with epiccentre in Tamil Nadu was witnessed near Chengam in Tiruvannamalai district yesterday (11.04.2021) night, Source – National Center for Seismology, Government of India. It was an Intra plate quake. I want to use this event to talk more about the earthquakes, Tsunami, historical earthquakes in Tamil Nadu and many rare stats. I. Major […]
Time to look at the sky & make wishes on 13th night to 14th early morning for Geminid Meteor Shower.
1. Meteor Showers Named meteor showers recur at approximately the same dates each year. They appear to “radiate” from a certain point in the sky (the radiant) and vary in the speed, frequency and brightness of the meteors. There are over hundred established meteor showers, but only 3 meteor showers have zenithal hourly rate (ZHR) of over 100 meteors (ZHR is nothing […]