Not only fans of Superstar Rajinikanth but pretty much most film viewers from the Indian Sub continent may remember the iconic scene from the blockbuster movie Kabali when he utters the now famous dialogue வந்துட்டேன்னு சொல்லு திரும்ப வந்துட்டேன்னு சொல்லு. This dialogue over the years has become very popular among meme creators getting used over wide […] The post All set for 2nd Phase of Heatwave Conditions over Peninsular India appeared first on Chennairains (COMK ..read more

Over the past couple of weeks abnormal heat had gripped large parts of Peninsular India. Places in Rayalaseema regularly recorded 43 / 44°C. Closer home Erode recorded the first 42°C in Tamil Nadu. This spell of abnormally hot conditions brought about heatwave over pockets of South India during hte weekend. The abnormal heat has led […] The post Summer Thunderstorms likely over South TN appeared first on Chennairains (COMK ..read more

The past week saw an appreciable increase in day time temperatures over large parts of Peninsular India. Nandyal and Anantapur in the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh recorded 44.5°C on Saturday and Sunday respectively. 30th March, when Akola recorded 42.6°C was the last day when a station from Rayalaseema did not top the All India ..read more

One of the biggest challenges Weather Agencies across the world face is how to effectively communicate weather alerts. On the one hand weather alerts should be simple enough for most people to understand while continuing to ensure the severity of the situation is not lost in the process of making it simpler. Even bigger challenge ..read more

Cape Town in South Africa was possibly one of the earliest instances of a major metropolis to get associated with Day Zero. Around late 2017 the first reference to kickstarting a Day Zero plan started to be discussed as a series of years with poor rainfall from 2015 led to a situation which led to ..read more

On the back of a fading El Nino, North and South India have been seeing a contrasting pattern of weather. A late season spurt in westerly troughs have not only meant good spells of rains on a regular basis for many parts of North and Central India but also a delay in conditions turning from ..read more

Indian Sub Continent is unique in many ways with the mighty Himalayas on one side and ocean bodies on three side surrounding Peninsular India. North India in a way not only has seen empires from Central Asia trying to make inroads but time to time Sub-tropical weather events also make its presence through Mid Latitude ..read more

Winter 2024 was abnormally warm over Southern Peninsular India. The IMD monthly summary indicated during the month of January the max temperatures over the region was about 0.67°C above normal which was the fourth highest average maximum temperature during January since 1901. During February the max temperature over Southern Peninsular India was 0.97°C warmer than ..read more

The IMD long term temperature anomaly analysis indicate a trend of 0.62°C degree increase in temperatures over the Indian sub continent every 100 years. The four out of the five hottest years have been since 2010. While 2023 was the second hottest year, the hottest year was 2016 which was immediately after one of the ..read more

The last couple of days saw temperatures increase appreciably over the interior areas of Peninsular India. While both Erode and Karur recorded above 39°C the IMD observatory at Chennai AP recorded 35.3°C. Weather models did pick up this spell of appreciably warmer than normal day time temperatures fairly well in advance. While overall Peninsular India ..read more