Recent Updates
Heavy Rainfall expected between 10-14th January in Cuddalore to Kayakumari districts
Reason for Rains – UAC […]
5th and 6th January looks good for widespread rains in Tamil Nadu and heavy at some districts too
Rare year when monsoon winds […]
Rainfall Data
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 […]
Rains to reduce, Heaviest January rainfall in 100 years since 1915 for Chennai – Vera level. From mid night, Taramani has crossed 170 mm
No cyclone, No Depression, No Low pressure. Yet what a rainfall we have seen in Chennai and by January standards our rainfall is just 20 mm yet we have got over 7 times the January month rainfall in less than 15 hours. The rains are expected to continue for another hour and then we are going into break, we can see that […]
2020 – An year to forget and a good January rains ahead for State, while KTC & coastal TN will get rains on 2nd January
So it has been been worst year this century with over 18 lakh (1.8 million) people losing their life due to Covid-19 Pandemic and it is also the worst pandemic since 1918 Spanish Flu. List of years to forget in 21st Century (from 2001) 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake & Tsunami – 2,27,898 deaths 2006 Cyclone Nargis – 1,38,373 deaths 2009-10 Swine Flu […]
Ex Burevi Remnants to say Goodbye later in the day, easterlies to move into interior districts atlast
Interpretation : Low level easterly Winds atlast will move into interiors later in the day with Ex Burevi (now Low Pressure Area (LPA)) becoming too feeble. Atlast Interiors and west TN has chance of rains. Chennai and other coastal districts like Cuddalore, Delta, Pondy will get pull effect rains from the activated easterlies with circulation in the other side. When low in […]
Rain Updates
Heavy Rainfall expected between 10-14th January in Cuddalore to Kayakumari districts
Reason for Rains – UAC […]
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
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 […]
Treasures of Tamil Nadu – Tamil Nadu Weatherman Special
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 […]