Recent Updates
Tamil Nadu Weatherman Special: Mettur Dam is opened on the customary date of June 12 for 2nd year in a row
The opening day details of […]
Pre-monsoon Toppers, Records, Rainfall Analysis in May Month in Kanyakumari and Kerala
It has been one awesome […]
Coolest May for Chennai in last 15 years, lets see the analysis of Chennai Temperature
Before going into analysis, lets […]
Colaba records wind speed of 102 km/hr from Taukate, lets see historic Mumbai wind speeds from Cyclones
Past Cyclones that affected Mumbai […]
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, […]
Rainfall Data
All India SWM Toppers and State Wide Toppers from 01.06.2021 to 30.06.2021
All India Rainfall Toppers from 01-06-2021 to 30-06-2021 Min (1500 mm) 1. Mawsynaram, Meghalaya – 2597 2. Cherrapunji, Meghalaya – 2547 3. Kitwade, Maharashrta – 2167 4. Amboli, Maharashtra – 2032 5. Ambavali, Maharashtra – 2019 6. Shirshi, Maharrashtra – 1840 7. Bharne, Maharashtra – 1623 8. Agumbe, Karnataka – 1591 9. Gaganbawada, Karnataka – 1548 10. Dapoli, Maharashtra – 1537 11. Khed, […]
Pre-monsoon Toppers, Records, Rainfall Analysis in May Month in Kanyakumari and Kerala
It has been one awesome hot weather season for Kerala and Kanyakumari. Lets see some of the stats from one of the wettest season. Some of the data courtesy to West coast weatherman. 1. Top Kerala Pre-monsoon rainfall (Mar-May) 1933 – 915.2 1960 – 791 1932 – 788 1918 – 767 2004 – 758.4 2021 – 750.9 (6th Wettest) Normal for Mar […]
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 […]
Rain Updates
Pre-monsoon Toppers, Records, Rainfall Analysis in May Month in Kanyakumari and Kerala
It has been one awesome […]
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, […]
Cyclone Updates
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 […]
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 […]
Recent Articles
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, […]
Pre-monsoon Toppers, Records, Rainfall Analysis in May Month in Kanyakumari and Kerala
It has been one awesome hot weather season for Kerala and Kanyakumari. Lets see some of the stats from one of the wettest season. Some of the data courtesy to West coast weatherman. 1. Top Kerala Pre-monsoon rainfall (Mar-May) 1933 – 915.2 1960 – 791 1932 – 788 1918 – 767 2004 – 758.4 2021 – 750.9 (6th Wettest) Normal for Mar […]