Overcast sky here… dark clouds passing over the moon from N-NW to S-SE dir…believe…it shd be… i saw a streak of lightning..over extreme NW Horizon… any mild circulation over the land mass of Central TN??
Kea,s.ind ocean cyclone season has started…i thnk NCEP/NOAA has alrdy gave a warning of TC formation in tat basin for coming week… Am eagerly xpecting category 4 or 5 Tc……madagascar ,better escape…
http://www.oceanweather.com/data/Indian-Northern/marineM00.gif high pressure(1012mb) area covered s.ap too…perfect conditions prevailing for a s.bay system to hit tn coast .but i feel bay has lost sum energy n stability bcos of previous system… doesnt matter,v wil c.. let december rocks wit more systems.
@Vithansen – so glad you agree on the desiliting. We dont need water from Veeranam project or from Krishna project or any other river in AP. If we just desilted those 3 lakes water tankers would be history.
@Aruns1411 – extremely happy to note that you mentioned about the breeze. Thats one of the reasons why we left Bangalore. Frequent colds/coughs/allergies and air has so much smog/dust. In Chennai we have sea breeze that ensures fresh air every day.
Jon’s point that we have rains from June to December is a valid one too. The rains remove the dust from the trees. In Bangalore if you visit in November or December you will see trees that have leaves full of dust.
Aruns1411
99B is a low in bay i think u know that. Models are showing further this system to develop and move towards TN coast!
So, this 99B invest will invest in Chennai!
hi what i mean is WHEN COMPARED TO OTHER WORLD CITIES LIKE NEWYORK ETC AND THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE,ALL INDIAN METRO CITIES ARE UTTERLY WASTE.INDIA IS STILL A DEVELOPING COUNTRY!!!!!!WHY CANT OUR METRO CITIES MATCH NEWYORK,PARIS SO ON?????BUT EVEN THOUGH I AM FROM COASTAL ANDHRA,I PREFER TO GET SETTLED IN CHENNAI BECAUSE
1)EXCELLENT ROADS AND GOOD REGULATION OF TRAFFIC
2)CHENNAI’S COST OF LIVING IS LESS THAN BANGALORE COMPARITIVELY.
3)I DONT WANT TO SETTLE IN HYDERABAD BECAUSE I DONT KNOW WHEN TELANGANA ISSUE WILL BREAK.
BBC Forecast – A new system to form in south central bay this weekend, move towards Andaman and then take a u-turn towards central bay !!! Will it come to us like the first spell??
@jon – I agree with you on Bangalore regarding infrastructure. In its favour because of the up and down plateau rain water does not stagnate. But the less said about its traffic and pollution the better. We stayed there till 2007 , hated it and relocated to Chennai in 2007. I sadly missed the 2005 monsoon – was in Bangalore at that time.
@ashwinds- please visit chandigarh for outstanding infrastructure. Its a totally planned city. They also have good drainage.
What about getting from point A to point B in Bangalore ? Its much much more easier in Chennai. Bangalore roads are as bad as Chennai roads after rains. Besides they have perennial river in Cauvery so they dont yet have water problems. However if we desilted Chembarakkam, Red Hills and Ponneri tanks we wont have to bed for water from AP ever again. Why we cant desilt those lakes is something nobody can imagine.
This coupled with rain water harvesting can make Chennai the number one metro.
Some one said about western countries and compared with India… India is a developing country and will be in a developing country for another 100 years coz of corruption. I have been to many cities in India and have stayed there .. Mumbai , Delhi, Haryana, Kolkata, Patna, Bangalore , Hyderabad & my home town chennai.. There are + and – … Delhi is worst place to live followed by haryana…A person cannot walk alone at night.. Weather wise they are extreme too hot in summer and too cold in winter. Bangalore is good interms of weather.. But it has the most unhealthy weather which creates multiple ailments. Pollen are found in the air which is again most unhealthy..Limited breeze… people dont sweat , hence addding up toxins in their body… Bangalore place became highlighted coz of Infosys and wipro, where many IT industry started business following these two companies.. Else, bangalore willl be the same like other two tier cities… Roads are narrow and non moving traffic for hours together.. Roads in chennai are broader, good connectivity of bus, trains & airport, minimal water problems, There was no electricity problem in chennai.. coz of corrupted politicians, today we are facing the heat, weather wise hot during summer and pleasant during rainy days and most pleasant during Dec – Feb.. Nice breeze as air is fresh during the morning hours.Changes are needed if chennai need to become no 1 city in india. It is not only in the hands of politicians but in the public too…
@ashwinds – you will love chandigarh – given your obsession with cool climates. South West Monsoon will give you delightful days in July/August. If you dont like the plains you can always head to Himachal Pradesh for cooler climes. Summer is hot but with A/C you can manage. Minimal humidity over there.
@kea – when I say it hit and miss monsoon I meant for Nungambakkam only in comparison to 2005. South Chennai got copious amounts of rainfall.
Since Nungambakkam is the standard I had said its a hit and miss monsoon. Secondly since 2005 we have all raised our expectations of more rain. I dont know if you remember but that year Palaar river off Chenglepet was flooded. In my whole life I have always known that river to be dry. It was a huge thrill to see Palaar river of all rivers to flow like Cauvery or Tamaraparni. It was once in a lifetime event.
@ashwinds – thats what i thought felt like too – this rain was like no great shakes. I expected close to 2020 mm for Chennai not realised I think.
@sundar – When I say northern AP – I meant basically coastal AP and Telangana. I think they had good rains this year.
worldwide rank is 141 which is very poor.so no reason to be proud of tat and Chennai is the best city in India for the overall security.bengloor is not classified as metro acc to tat survey
Getting sentimental about any Indian city is naive to say the least. Not sure how many of you have lived outside india especially in the west. In comparison all Indian cities suck. We have water, electricity, sanitation, transport and security problem in each and every city in this country. I have lived 2 decades in chennai, about a decade in bangalore, some time in mumbai and in USA. If chennai suffers from uni dimentional culture, then bangalore suffers from multidimentinal inefficiencies.
Well put. While I agree there is much scope for improvement in other cities as well, I think we Chennaites lounge too much in our historic pride while other places are leaving them behind.
You only need to take a look at the growth in infrastructure in newer cities like Bangalore, Pune, Gurgaon and Hyderabad to see how tardy our own progress is. I mean, this day and age, people die falling in open drains, shut down schools and see main roads dissolve in what can at best be called heavy rain.
People need to get out of Chennai more to see its inadequacies – be it weather, language or openness to change.
Apologies for the off topic rant – today promises to be a dry, warm day with little chance of rain.
bengloor doesnt get flooded since it receives vry modest rainfall.But its completely diff scenario in chennai.chennai receives rains continuously from june till dec( 7 months )
And dont say tat bengloor has a good infrastructure.Be it traffic or be it urban planning, it is worst in the country
“Ok, Let me give an insight of whats kolaveri english. 30.1 raina to bravo 1 run-u bowled-u offside-u, pushed-u to cover-u and run-u.” This, from Revanth, was coming.
31.1
Sharma to Pollard, 1 run, 77.4 kph, flat from Rohit, Pollard drags it away through midwicket for one.
somebody commented about northern AP getting a good monsoon, true!. But this year monsoon has failed so far in vizag and other places, trace rainfall if any.
As per my readings there are 2 bigger systems likely in bay of bengal during december one before 7th and the other around middle of the month. Saturn transit also can cause disturbance over bay.
in the meanwhile radar reflects rains between 100 and 200 kms south east of chennai. hoepfully chennai might get back in to rain belt by midnight, as IMD has already brought southern peninsula under fresh easterly wave for another 48 hours commencing from tomorrow.
I don’t accept Saturn transit will bring rain or anything. Since I too know astrology although I am a astronomer, I don’t think old books of astrology said those kind of false information!
Please Maisuh – dont give astrology a bad name by talking about incomplete facts. If you have a complete prediction please present your numbers for what is left of NEM by quoting a number. Dont give half baked facts and justify it with astrology.
Very good point selvan…definitely easterlies very strong in bay…also its still very very hot and humid…that means another system is on the way….winter weather is more dry and pleasant….this is by no means January weather. There is no ‘nip’ in the air yet….
Any system in Bay of Bengal. Any rain possible for for Chennai coming weeks . still north east monsoon not giving bulk rain for nungambakkam and meenambakkam.These year highest rain for cuddalore district, thiruvallur dist, tiruvarur dist villupuram dist. pondy. ennore got 20cm poondi, nellore got 18cm but Chennai manage 5 to 10cm why Chennai does not bang big rain, coming December month always hope for south tamilnadu deltas region and srilanka. Any change of rain for Chennai please update the rain details for Chennai. EXPERTS PLEASE UPDATE THE COMING DAY RAINY DAYS FOR CHENNAI
Thats how north east monsoon goes for Chennai and north Tamil Nadu. Its a hit and miss monsoon. Sometimes we get lucky like 2005, 1996 or 1997 and other times not so lucky.
If you relocate to Kerala or Karnataka or Maharastra or northern AP you can expect to see good rainfall like you desire
arb sea 5A: “THE
LARGEST AND DEEPEST CONVECTIVE CLUSTER, WHICH LIES TO THE NORTHWEST,
IS SHEARED APPROXIMATELY 115 NM AWAY FROM THE LLCC BY STRONG
SOUTHEASTERLY VERTICAL WIND SHEAR (20-30 KNOTS).”
Was just scattered clouds early in the morning. NOw its a little more overcast with a lovely breeze – very pleasant. Wont be disappointed if it stays this way without raining
tis one luks cmpltly opposite of imd extended forecast mag.ncep.noaa.gov/NCOMAGWEB/appcontroller?prevPage=Model&MainPage=index&image=&page=Param&cycle=11%2F28%2F2011+06UTC&rname=PRECIP+PARMS&pname=precip_p24&pdesc=&model=GFS&area=ASIA&cat=MODEL+GUIDANCE&fcast=8+Day+Loop&areaDesc=Asia&prevArea=ASIA&currKey=model&returnToModel=&imageSize=M
one stupid doubt is chennai north coastal tamilnadu … sorry when ever ramanan says it will rain in north coastal tamilnadu it will never rain in chennai
I am a software engineer myself…so I have seen your site overall – you have done a very good job. Layout of the main page looks great with the new buttons – you have got more real estate now than before.
only 3 mm in 2 hours. I expected 30 mm in the same period. I think because of lack of wind these clouds are dissipating over sea and we are getting only the left overs.
The 45 dBZ(heavy) spots on the radar are still about 100 km away. If this system holds along that horizontal axle from chennai to mid bay of bengal then that trough can push westward and dump rain.
in all directions towards sea, we could find moderate rains for first 30 kms. and finally some heavy showers as per radar. probably within 30 minutes, chennai would get atleast one to centimeters of rain before 5 30 Pm.
arabian cyclone is too far away, and still chennai is under cloud cover which gives us an impression some other disturbance developing over bay.
Drizzles started in chennai central….Still the flooded waters are not yet dried in central MMC complex, egmore, perambur , puraisaiwakkam and Valluvar kottam..
This NEM is actually a real failure not because of rainfall,but the lack of lows.We are supposed to have an average of 2-3 named storms per NEM,but this time, we have had 4 lows and only one has been named.Thane (if it forms) will make it 2 out of 4.
By: Sudharshan Madhavan on November 28, 2011 at 2:41 pm
Amazing… so far all the 5 systems formed were only troughs in easterlies ( I mean on the BOB side from SW Bay to WC Bay)…no LP Area formed in the Bay so far…. and we hv received around 72 to 76 cms of rain… Roughly Considering 22nd Dec to be the closing day for NEM, we stil hv around 25 days left. Two more systems possible??
What’s that cloud mass east of lanka?? Will the Bay throw up some more surprises??
Absolutely Karthik ! You said it …look at the radar at 8.30 am its very very close to Chennai yet I cant see any clouds that are like what we had so far….its quite dark but the east/south east is still very clear. I hope it hits Nungambakkam first for Kea’s sake
From my terrace I dont see any clouds towards the south eastern direction whatsoever. Its clear..Its very dark above me but only upto 500 metres. They have been dark for 2 hours now. Also today no wind at all…so sea is not as rough
for those of you who are complaining this NEM is not good, its deficient. Pls see the below facts.
Rainfall received till now is 711 mm
Normal rain for NEM is 857 mm
Difference is 146 mm
Last 11 years December average is 154 mm. Moreover November is not over yet, We might even complete the normal rain of 857 in next 3 days itself. Who knows?
That is true its normal so far. However what I am saying is that is it it an exceptional year like 2005 ? I think the south west monsoon raised expectations that we could have 2000 mm this year. That has not been realized for nungambakkam so far.
Nellore 18 cm but Nungambakkam still deficient as far as NEM is concerned. Expected 86 cms for the year only 70 cms so far. Can we get at least another 14 cms in December ? Highly Unlikely.
Pradeep if you actually analyze this monsoon are you bit surprised that this year Nungambakkam has not had big rainfall in a single day ? But for the SWM providing 85 cms this would be a deficient NEM is it not so ?
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By: originaldashman on November 30, 2011
at 10:07 pm
UAC is clearly seen,i thnk,imd wil announce it tmrw …MJO is controlling tis system http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/htdocs_dyn_apache/PUBLIC/tc_pages/thumbs/medium/tc11/IO/99B.INVEST/ir/geo/1km_bw/20111130.1530.meteo7.x.ir1km_bw.99BINVEST.15kts-1010mb-28N-880E.100pc.jpg
By: selvanfun on November 30, 2011
at 9:28 pm
Overcast sky here… dark clouds passing over the moon from N-NW to S-SE dir…believe…it shd be… i saw a streak of lightning..over extreme NW Horizon… any mild circulation over the land mass of Central TN??
By: chnrainlover on November 30, 2011
at 9:10 pm
Where r u?
By: originaldashman on November 30, 2011
at 9:28 pm
Yes..its time to announce…who s d winner???
By: selvanfun on November 30, 2011
at 8:45 pm
kea time to announce the winner n bad looser fr nov
By: jon on November 30, 2011
at 8:22 pm
http://www.tmd.go.th/programs/uploads/maps/2011-11-30_13_UpperWind850.jpg
By: selvanfun on November 30, 2011
at 7:23 pm
http://www.imd.gov.in/section/nhac/img/WRFd01-RAIN_72.gif http://www.imd.gov.in/section/nhac/img/WRFd02-RAIN_72.gif http://www.imd.gov.in/section/nhac/img/72hNMMrain.gif
By: selvanfun on November 30, 2011
at 7:17 pm
Am confused,wat Ecmwf is showing ?? Is tat showing lp crossing chennai,n tracking west.? http://expertcharts.weatheronline.co.uk/daten/proficharts/en/ecmwf/2011/11/30/basis00/swas/pslv/11120500_3000.gif
By: selvanfun on November 30, 2011
at 7:13 pm
Am confused,wat Ecmwf is showing ?? Is tat showing lp crossing chennai,n tracking west.?
By: selvanfun on November 30, 2011
at 7:13 pm
http://expertcharts.weatheronline.co.uk/daten/proficharts/en/cmc/2011/11/30/basis00/swas/prec/11120412_3000.gif
By: selvanfun on November 30, 2011
at 7:08 pm
http://tropic.ssec.wisc.edu/real-time/indian/winds/wm5vor.GIF
By: selvanfun on November 30, 2011
at 7:05 pm
Kea,s.ind ocean cyclone season has started…i thnk NCEP/NOAA has alrdy gave a warning of TC formation in tat basin for coming week… Am eagerly xpecting category 4 or 5 Tc……madagascar ,better escape…
By: selvanfun on November 30, 2011
at 7:01 pm
http://www.oceanweather.com/data/Indian-Northern/marineM00.gif high pressure(1012mb) area covered s.ap too…perfect conditions prevailing for a s.bay system to hit tn coast .but i feel bay has lost sum energy n stability bcos of previous system… doesnt matter,v wil c.. let december rocks wit more systems.
By: selvanfun on November 30, 2011
at 6:48 pm
Sel
I know but there is a cloud mass over SE BOB and that too has a mild circulation…….
http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/htdocs_dyn_pregen_sat/PUBLIC/tc_pages/pages/tc11/IO/99B.INVEST/ssmi/scat/scat_over_85h/thumb/20111129.2357.windsat.WINDSAT_6GHz_85h.wind.99BINVEST.3121_081pc_15kts-1010mb_21N_896E_sft201111291200_bgt201111290102_bgn201111292337.html
By: Thunderjove on November 30, 2011
at 6:57 pm
By: jon on November 30, 2011
at 5:47 pm
!!! Indian Racing League !!!
Cheer for Chennai Super Sonics (CSS)
http://m.timesofindia.com/PDATOI/articleshow/10925574.cms
By: originaldashman on November 30, 2011
at 6:34 pm
@Vithansen – so glad you agree on the desiliting. We dont need water from Veeranam project or from Krishna project or any other river in AP. If we just desilted those 3 lakes water tankers would be history.
@Aruns1411 – extremely happy to note that you mentioned about the breeze. Thats one of the reasons why we left Bangalore. Frequent colds/coughs/allergies and air has so much smog/dust. In Chennai we have sea breeze that ensures fresh air every day.
Jon’s point that we have rains from June to December is a valid one too. The rains remove the dust from the trees. In Bangalore if you visit in November or December you will see trees that have leaves full of dust.
By: aswind12 on November 30, 2011
at 4:54 pm
Guys why are we off topic?
Lets stop the debate about Chennai/Bangalore and lets start the build up about 99B invest!
By: Thunderjove on November 30, 2011
at 5:19 pm
Ok thunder
!!! Willl this invest will further invest in Chennai ?
By: aruns1411 on November 30, 2011
at 5:35 pm
Aruns1411
99B is a low in bay i think u know that. Models are showing further this system to develop and move towards TN coast!
So, this 99B invest will invest in Chennai!
By: Thunderjove on November 30, 2011
at 5:40 pm
monorail in Chennai
http://www.m.timesofindia.com/PDATOI/articleshow/10925519.cms
By: jon on November 30, 2011
at 4:00 pm
hi what i mean is WHEN COMPARED TO OTHER WORLD CITIES LIKE NEWYORK ETC AND THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE,ALL INDIAN METRO CITIES ARE UTTERLY WASTE.INDIA IS STILL A DEVELOPING COUNTRY!!!!!!WHY CANT OUR METRO CITIES MATCH NEWYORK,PARIS SO ON?????BUT EVEN THOUGH I AM FROM COASTAL ANDHRA,I PREFER TO GET SETTLED IN CHENNAI BECAUSE
1)EXCELLENT ROADS AND GOOD REGULATION OF TRAFFIC
2)CHENNAI’S COST OF LIVING IS LESS THAN BANGALORE COMPARITIVELY.
3)I DONT WANT TO SETTLE IN HYDERABAD BECAUSE I DONT KNOW WHEN TELANGANA ISSUE WILL BREAK.
By: vanradhakrishna on November 30, 2011
at 12:56 pm
BBC Forecast – A new system to form in south central bay this weekend, move towards Andaman and then take a u-turn towards central bay !!! Will it come to us like the first spell??
By: originaldashman on November 30, 2011
at 3:56 pm
@jon – I agree with you on Bangalore regarding infrastructure. In its favour because of the up and down plateau rain water does not stagnate. But the less said about its traffic and pollution the better. We stayed there till 2007 , hated it and relocated to Chennai in 2007. I sadly missed the 2005 monsoon – was in Bangalore at that time.
@ashwinds- please visit chandigarh for outstanding infrastructure. Its a totally planned city. They also have good drainage.
By: aswind12 on November 30, 2011
at 12:22 pm
Oh GOD!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-15956457
By: originaldashman on November 30, 2011
at 12:29 pm
personal safety standards, a measure of stability and crime levels
By: originaldashman on November 30, 2011
at 12:36 pm
What about getting from point A to point B in Bangalore ? Its much much more easier in Chennai. Bangalore roads are as bad as Chennai roads after rains. Besides they have perennial river in Cauvery so they dont yet have water problems. However if we desilted Chembarakkam, Red Hills and Ponneri tanks we wont have to bed for water from AP ever again. Why we cant desilt those lakes is something nobody can imagine.
This coupled with rain water harvesting can make Chennai the number one metro.
By: aswind12 on November 30, 2011
at 1:33 pm
Well said. Desilting makes chennai selfsufficient in hard times during summer. No other city had such natural gift of big adjacent lakes.
By: vithasansen on November 30, 2011
at 3:15 pm
Some one said about western countries and compared with India… India is a developing country and will be in a developing country for another 100 years coz of corruption. I have been to many cities in India and have stayed there .. Mumbai , Delhi, Haryana, Kolkata, Patna, Bangalore , Hyderabad & my home town chennai.. There are + and – … Delhi is worst place to live followed by haryana…A person cannot walk alone at night.. Weather wise they are extreme too hot in summer and too cold in winter. Bangalore is good interms of weather.. But it has the most unhealthy weather which creates multiple ailments. Pollen are found in the air which is again most unhealthy..Limited breeze… people dont sweat , hence addding up toxins in their body… Bangalore place became highlighted coz of Infosys and wipro, where many IT industry started business following these two companies.. Else, bangalore willl be the same like other two tier cities… Roads are narrow and non moving traffic for hours together.. Roads in chennai are broader, good connectivity of bus, trains & airport, minimal water problems, There was no electricity problem in chennai.. coz of corrupted politicians, today we are facing the heat, weather wise hot during summer and pleasant during rainy days and most pleasant during Dec – Feb.. Nice breeze as air is fresh during the morning hours.Changes are needed if chennai need to become no 1 city in india. It is not only in the hands of politicians but in the public too…
By: aruns1411 on November 30, 2011
at 3:38 pm
I definitely want to visit Chandigarh. Preferably in winter
By: ashwinds on November 30, 2011
at 2:51 pm
@ashwinds – you will love chandigarh – given your obsession with cool climates. South West Monsoon will give you delightful days in July/August. If you dont like the plains you can always head to Himachal Pradesh for cooler climes. Summer is hot but with A/C you can manage. Minimal humidity over there.
By: aswind12 on November 30, 2011
at 4:46 pm
Next spell from Dec 6th ?
http://www.imd.gov.in/section/nhac/img/144hGFSrain.gif
By: rajar77 on November 30, 2011
at 12:01 pm
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/ghazards/images/gth_full.png
By: Thunderjove on November 30, 2011
at 9:46 am
BL says due to favourable MJO conditions, wet weather is going to arrive and last for 2 weeks. But neither cola nor foreca has predicted anything yet
By: keaweather on November 30, 2011
at 9:01 am
BL means?.
By: ezhilnarasu on November 30, 2011
at 9:19 am
Business line
By: keaweather on November 30, 2011
at 9:39 am
@kea – when I say it hit and miss monsoon I meant for Nungambakkam only in comparison to 2005. South Chennai got copious amounts of rainfall.
Since Nungambakkam is the standard I had said its a hit and miss monsoon. Secondly since 2005 we have all raised our expectations of more rain. I dont know if you remember but that year Palaar river off Chenglepet was flooded. In my whole life I have always known that river to be dry. It was a huge thrill to see Palaar river of all rivers to flow like Cauvery or Tamaraparni. It was once in a lifetime event.
@ashwinds – thats what i thought felt like too – this rain was like no great shakes. I expected close to 2020 mm for Chennai not realised I think.
@sundar – When I say northern AP – I meant basically coastal AP and Telangana. I think they had good rains this year.
By: aswind12 on November 30, 2011
at 8:56 am
bangalore best place to live in India !!!!!!!
By: Martin on November 29, 2011
at 11:31 pm
worldwide rank is 141 which is very poor.so no reason to be proud of tat and Chennai is the best city in India for the overall security.bengloor is not classified as metro acc to tat survey
By: jon on November 29, 2011
at 11:55 pm
Bangalore is surviving coz of the climatic conditions & coz of Narayanamurthy … Else, 15 years back, it was not known by many of them !!!
By: aruns1411 on November 30, 2011
at 9:12 am
Getting sentimental about any Indian city is naive to say the least. Not sure how many of you have lived outside india especially in the west. In comparison all Indian cities suck. We have water, electricity, sanitation, transport and security problem in each and every city in this country. I have lived 2 decades in chennai, about a decade in bangalore, some time in mumbai and in USA. If chennai suffers from uni dimentional culture, then bangalore suffers from multidimentinal inefficiencies.
By: vjyanand76 on November 30, 2011
at 10:07 am
Well put. While I agree there is much scope for improvement in other cities as well, I think we Chennaites lounge too much in our historic pride while other places are leaving them behind.
You only need to take a look at the growth in infrastructure in newer cities like Bangalore, Pune, Gurgaon and Hyderabad to see how tardy our own progress is. I mean, this day and age, people die falling in open drains, shut down schools and see main roads dissolve in what can at best be called heavy rain.
People need to get out of Chennai more to see its inadequacies – be it weather, language or openness to change.
Apologies for the off topic rant – today promises to be a dry, warm day with little chance of rain.
By: ashwinds on November 30, 2011
at 10:43 am
bengloor doesnt get flooded since it receives vry modest rainfall.But its completely diff scenario in chennai.chennai receives rains continuously from june till dec( 7 months )
And dont say tat bengloor has a good infrastructure.Be it traffic or be it urban planning, it is worst in the country
By: jon on November 30, 2011
at 11:18 am
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Bangalore-best-Indian-city-to-live-Survey/articleshow/10918790.cms
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/208094/bangalore-indian-city-live-global.html
By: Martin on November 29, 2011
at 11:30 pm
http://expertcharts.weatheronline.co.uk/daten/proficharts/en/cmc/2011/11/29/basis00/swas/prec/11120400_2900.gif
Is CMC reliable??
By: Joel on November 29, 2011
at 11:14 pm
100% unreliable
By: jon on November 29, 2011
at 11:48 pm
,99B poped out in the same area wer 98B poped …
By: selvanfun on November 29, 2011
at 10:55 pm
New system Its 99B ..,let tis atleast survive in bay. .
By: selvanfun on November 29, 2011
at 10:53 pm
http://expertcharts.weatheronline.co.uk/daten/proficharts/en/nogaps/2011/11/29/basis00/swas/prec/11120412_2900.gif
:mrgr:mrgreen: een: 
By: selvanfun on November 29, 2011
at 10:31 pm
http://expertcharts.weatheronline.co.uk/daten/proficharts/en/ecmwfens/2011/11/29/basis00/swas/pslv/11120400_2900.gif
By: selvanfun on November 29, 2011
at 10:31 pm
rohit sharma GONE……
twist in the match :\
By: naveenstuns on November 29, 2011
at 10:17 pm
Don’t worry this match was fixed by BCCI to keep interest in this series. India to win by 1 or 2 wickets
By: keaweather on November 29, 2011
at 10:23 pm
really luks like tat nly…
By: selvanfun on November 29, 2011
at 10:33 pm
finally india won.my heartbeat wen to thousands watching the match :O
By: naveenstuns on November 29, 2011
at 10:39 pm
forget the cuttack match…
NEM Intl cup
the equation – nunga requires 86 runs from 63 deliveries…. (86 cms from 63 days of normal NEM period, Oct 20 to Dec 22nd)
so far 71 runs from 40 deliveries…..
15 more to get from 23 balls…
easy target eh?
last year reckon..nunga made only 75 and mina 64… they lost the match
pals..u cud update this score daily….fun to watch…
By: chnrainlover on November 29, 2011
at 10:00 pm
Kolaveri in Cricinfo today!!!
“Ok, Let me give an insight of whats kolaveri english. 30.1 raina to bravo 1 run-u bowled-u offside-u, pushed-u to cover-u and run-u.” This, from Revanth, was coming.
31.1
Sharma to Pollard, 1 run, 77.4 kph, flat from Rohit, Pollard drags it away through midwicket for one.
By: originaldashman on November 29, 2011
at 9:50 pm
No rains yet for Ongole, Machili, Vizag, Bhuba, Kolkata from NEM 2011..
They need a system in Dec/Jan to enter North bay which hasn’t happened till now
By: originaldashman on November 29, 2011
at 9:04 pm
vizag totally dry so far, relations there say monsoon has failed so far. What about our Dec 11 one dayer in chennai, will it be washed out?
By: suundar24 on November 29, 2011
at 9:05 pm
No major system to develop till 15th according to GFS..but it may change in their next forecast itself!
By: originaldashman on November 29, 2011
at 9:18 pm
chennai odi under threat
http://expertcharts.weatheronline.co.uk/daten/proficharts/en/2011/11/29/basis06/swas/pr06/11120706_2906.gif
By: jon on November 29, 2011
at 9:44 pm
Arabian sea system reminds me of our great JAL!
No clouds around the eye!
By: originaldashman on November 29, 2011
at 9:00 pm
By: selvanfun on November 29, 2011
at 9:45 pm
sel, but not dec known for its chillness they usually say rain ends in nov
By: saidatta1 on November 29, 2011
at 6:29 pm
ya.december knwn for its chillness but not wen monsoon gets extended…ususally monsoon will be till dec end.
By: selvanfun on November 29, 2011
at 6:38 pm
somebody commented about northern AP getting a good monsoon, true!. But this year monsoon has failed so far in vizag and other places, trace rainfall if any.
By: suundar24 on November 29, 2011
at 9:00 pm
sigh only we from Chennai can call 20-25 degrees “chill”.
By: ashwinds on November 29, 2011
at 6:46 pm
As per my readings there are 2 bigger systems likely in bay of bengal during december one before 7th and the other around middle of the month. Saturn transit also can cause disturbance over bay.
in the meanwhile radar reflects rains between 100 and 200 kms south east of chennai. hoepfully chennai might get back in to rain belt by midnight, as IMD has already brought southern peninsula under fresh easterly wave for another 48 hours commencing from tomorrow.
any views
ss.
By: maisuh on November 29, 2011
at 6:25 pm
http://policlimate.com/weather/current/nog850uv_40.png
By: selvanfun on November 29, 2011
at 6:39 pm
I don’t accept Saturn transit will bring rain or anything. Since I too know astrology although I am a astronomer, I don’t think old books of astrology said those kind of false information!
By: rdhinakar on November 29, 2011
at 10:49 pm
Please Maisuh – dont give astrology a bad name by talking about incomplete facts. If you have a complete prediction please present your numbers for what is left of NEM by quoting a number. Dont give half baked facts and justify it with astrology.
By: aswind12 on November 30, 2011
at 1:57 pm
@dash,wat made u to make tat point?????nem is alive …easterlies is strong in bay n getting ready 4 another round…
By: selvanfun on November 29, 2011
at 6:00 pm
Very good point selvan…definitely easterlies very strong in bay…also its still very very hot and humid…that means another system is on the way….winter weather is more dry and pleasant….this is by no means January weather. There is no ‘nip’ in the air yet….
By: aswind12 on November 30, 2011
at 1:54 pm
east look very dark ………light drizzle here
By: keerthivasan123 on November 29, 2011
at 4:05 pm
If we go by the latest GFS, NEM is almost over for Chennai..no easterly waves till 2nd week of Dec
Nothing to come next weekend also..
By: originaldashman on November 29, 2011
at 4:34 pm
http://www.imd.gov.in/section/satmet/dynamic/insatsector-ir.htm
Terrific Circulation
By: Sudharshan Madhavan on November 29, 2011
at 3:59 pm
Any system in Bay of Bengal. Any rain possible for for Chennai coming weeks . still north east monsoon not giving bulk rain for nungambakkam and meenambakkam.These year highest rain for cuddalore district, thiruvallur dist, tiruvarur dist villupuram dist. pondy. ennore got 20cm poondi, nellore got 18cm but Chennai manage 5 to 10cm why Chennai does not bang big rain, coming December month always hope for south tamilnadu deltas region and srilanka. Any change of rain for Chennai please update the rain details for Chennai. EXPERTS PLEASE UPDATE THE COMING DAY RAINY DAYS FOR CHENNAI
By: Vinoth Kannan on November 29, 2011
at 3:43 pm
Thats how north east monsoon goes for Chennai and north Tamil Nadu. Its a hit and miss monsoon. Sometimes we get lucky like 2005, 1996 or 1997 and other times not so lucky.
If you relocate to Kerala or Karnataka or Maharastra or northern AP you can expect to see good rainfall like you desire
By: aswind12 on November 29, 2011
at 4:22 pm
Hit and miss monsoon? What category does 2011 fall under? Also 2008, 2009 and 2010.
In my opinion all these years were good.
By: keaweather on November 29, 2011
at 4:48 pm
not even one LP this year, leave alone cyclone.
2-3 spells (long as they maybe) of SWM type rain. Not a failure, but definitely not the kind of NEM we tout as a success.
By: ashwinds on November 29, 2011
at 6:44 pm
http://www.dragoart.com/tuts/pics/5/3183/how-to-draw-a-cartoon-vampire-tutorial-drawing.jpg
By: selvanfun on November 29, 2011
at 7:23 pm
ok what about dec 11 one dayer in chennai, will it go on smoothy or rain intervened?
By: suundar24 on November 29, 2011
at 9:03 pm
A Fresh Easterly wave is affecting South Peninsular India… – IMD Midday report
By: chnrainlover on November 29, 2011
at 3:27 pm
http://icons-ak.wunderground.com/data/images/na201105_sat.jpg
By: selvanfun on November 29, 2011
at 2:53 pm
http://www.stormsurfing.com/cgi/display_alt.cgi?a=nindi_precip
By: selvanfun on November 29, 2011
at 2:43 pm
convectional area is climbing up 4m the equatorial line twrds s.east of lanka.. tis will b our upcoming low. http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/archdat/indian/southern/vis/LATEST.jpg
By: selvanfun on November 29, 2011
at 2:25 pm
bfore the december,anticyclone finds place in n.coastal ap.. http://tropic.ssec.wisc.edu/real-time/indian/winds/wm5shr.GIF
By: selvanfun on November 29, 2011
at 2:12 pm
and also v can see the arb sea system affected by s.easterly vertical wind shear..
By: selvanfun on November 29, 2011
at 2:16 pm
arb sea 5A: “THE
LARGEST AND DEEPEST CONVECTIVE CLUSTER, WHICH LIES TO THE NORTHWEST,
IS SHEARED APPROXIMATELY 115 NM AWAY FROM THE LLCC BY STRONG
SOUTHEASTERLY VERTICAL WIND SHEAR (20-30 KNOTS).”
By: selvanfun on November 29, 2011
at 2:21 pm
So what? Will it bring rain or create a system for us or not?
By: vithasansen on November 29, 2011
at 2:50 pm
it wont create system,it will restrict system moving ahead of s.ap coast..
By: selvanfun on November 29, 2011
at 3:25 pm
sirkazhi- big gun of nem tops the list from nowhere with 16cm!!
By: jon on November 29, 2011
at 2:01 pm
Chennai will get a few mm of rain to reach 170 cm within the next few hours as per current radar image.
By: guna on November 29, 2011
at 1:24 pm
Yesterday radar promised a lot. Today it does not promise anything more than a drizzle.
By: keaweather on November 29, 2011
at 1:42 pm
There is no red or yellow spots on the radar. Its all blue…so what sort of rain can we expect other than a drizzle ?
By: aswind12 on November 29, 2011
at 1:47 pm
topper should be from coimbatore,erode,dindugul districts…. Kodaikanla 5cm,Coimbatore 6cm
By: Karthik Narayan on November 29, 2011
at 1:15 pm
As i told ,mjo is entering into bay http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/agri-biz/article2670917.ece
By: selvanfun on November 29, 2011
at 12:39 pm
borin typical bengloory weather
By: jon on November 29, 2011
at 12:35 pm
perfect! But colder nights would be welcome
By: ashwinds on November 29, 2011
at 1:14 pm
Omg,wat a crap.. Kalaignar news:- “Arb sea depression intensified and moving twrds mumbai..”
By: selvanfun on November 29, 2011
at 12:19 pm
good thing they didnt say Chennai.
They would have declared school holiday for rest of week
By: keaweather on November 29, 2011
at 1:03 pm
eye is exposed http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/htdocs_dyn_pregen_sat/PUBLIC/tc_pages/thumbs/small/tc11/IO/05A.FIVE/vis/ols/1km_zoom/20111129.0148.f16.x.vis1km_high.05AFIVE.35kts-996mb-157N-665E.100pc.jpg
By: selvanfun on November 29, 2011
at 12:16 pm
Chennai at 1699.4 mm. Will we cross 1,700 today, next week or never?
By: keaweather on November 29, 2011
at 11:27 am
december may turn aggressive with more weather system… 4 models coinciding with same prediction..
By: selvanfun on November 29, 2011
at 10:16 am
IMD has finally accepted. Arabian sea system will not intensify into a cyclone. JTWC has been spot on since day 1
By: keaweather on November 29, 2011
at 9:44 am
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/MJO/mjoupdate.pdf
By: selvanfun on November 29, 2011
at 10:13 am
he..he.. 15 days forecast shows gulf of thailand throwing the cyclone but it will change in next run, it will be in arb sea,….15 days is too long,not reliable
http://expertcharts.weatheronline.co.uk/daten/proficharts/en/2011/11/28/basis12/swas/prec/11121412_2812.gif
By: selvanfun on November 29, 2011
at 9:28 am
http://expertcharts.weatheronline.co.uk/daten/proficharts/en/cfs/2011/11/26/basis00/swas/prec/11121212_2600.gif
By: selvanfun on November 29, 2011
at 9:30 am
http://magicseaweed.com/msw-surf-charts2.php?chart=43&res=750&type=pressure&starttime=
By: selvanfun on November 29, 2011
at 9:11 am
Was just scattered clouds early in the morning. NOw its a little more overcast with a lovely breeze – very pleasant. Wont be disappointed if it stays this way without raining
By: ashwinds on November 29, 2011
at 8:33 am
no chance of rain until a fresh low pops up and near the coast…Global forecasts indicates the rains may rise up over southern peninsula 4m next week..
By: selvanfun on November 29, 2011
at 8:24 am
Low clouds (tat luks like smoke ) wer rushing twrds S.east drctn bfor 1 hour..
By: selvanfun on November 29, 2011
at 8:14 am
The wait for 170 cm continues. If we can’t reach in the next 1 hour, we might have to wait till next week
By: keaweather on November 29, 2011
at 7:57 am
http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/expertcharts?LANG=en&MENU=0000000000&CONT=swas&MODELL=gfs&MODELLTYP=1&BASE=-&VAR=pr12&HH=228&ZOOM=0&ARCHIV=0&WMO=&PERIOD=
Landfall near Nagapattinam.Hope this moves north from NE of Lanka like the depression which gave us 20cm last December
By: Sudharshan Madhavan on November 29, 2011
at 7:31 am
rofl………….. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=311891872162548
By: selvanfun on November 28, 2011
at 9:15 pm
tis one luks cmpltly opposite of imd extended forecast mag.ncep.noaa.gov/NCOMAGWEB/appcontroller?prevPage=Model&MainPage=index&image=&page=Param&cycle=11%2F28%2F2011+06UTC&rname=PRECIP+PARMS&pname=precip_p24&pdesc=&model=GFS&area=ASIA&cat=MODEL+GUIDANCE&fcast=8+Day+Loop&areaDesc=Asia&prevArea=ASIA&currKey=model&returnToModel=&imageSize=M
By: selvanfun on November 28, 2011
at 8:38 pm
Sel
The link is not ok pls give another link! :winkL
By: Thunderjove on November 28, 2011
at 8:47 pm
ya sure.. i wil post now
By: selvanfun on November 28, 2011
at 9:19 pm
hi kea ,
What happen suddenly http://www.kea.metsite.com/ Gui has changed .
By: Magesh Kumar on November 28, 2011
at 8:10 pm
What is gui?
By: keaweather on November 28, 2011
at 9:02 pm
Kea
GUI= Graphical User Interface.
By: Thunderjove on November 28, 2011
at 9:04 pm
Sel
That model is unreliable because it showed no cyclonic activity in arb sea for two weeks and now its showing a dry phase without no reason!
By: Thunderjove on November 28, 2011
at 8:10 pm
thunder, it alrdy showed the system in arb sea..
….
By: selvanfun on November 28, 2011
at 8:19 pm
Hi everyone Tomorrow the IMD rain toppers will be around Coimbatore district.
By: svskram on November 28, 2011
at 8:00 pm
one stupid doubt is chennai north coastal tamilnadu … sorry when ever ramanan says it will rain in north coastal tamilnadu it will never rain in chennai
By: saidatta1 on November 28, 2011
at 7:58 pm
will chennais schools work tomorroow
By: sujathac on November 28, 2011
at 7:53 pm
Why will they close?
By: keaweather on November 28, 2011
at 7:57 pm
There is no reason not to be open. Are you a student or a parent ? If you are a student every day is not sunday
By: aswind12 on November 28, 2011
at 7:58 pm
outlook for dec is really awesome…its luking gud for a tough competitor for the wettest month.
By: selvanfun on November 28, 2011
at 7:47 pm
again dry phase??????? http://202.54.31.51/mme/RainAno_week1.gif
By: selvanfun on November 28, 2011
at 7:31 pm
Sel
That is the most unreliable model I have ever seen!!!
By: Thunderjove on November 28, 2011
at 7:36 pm
we wont have rain for 5 days…v hav 2 wait till dec 3 for a fresh low..
By: selvanfun on November 28, 2011
at 7:40 pm
Hey Kea you redid the main metsite page ! With all those new buttons looks really nice – good job
By: aswind12 on November 28, 2011
at 7:09 pm
System struggling to become “Thane”!
http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/satshots/05A_281130sams.jpg
http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/warnings/io0511web.txt
By: Thunderjove on November 28, 2011
at 7:34 pm
IMD has the power to name cyclonrs, not US navy. I am expecting it to be named Thane before I sleep
By: keaweather on November 28, 2011
at 7:41 pm
Thanks. I try to do a few new things once in a while with my very limited html knowledge
By: keaweather on November 28, 2011
at 7:44 pm
I am a software engineer myself…so I have seen your site overall – you have done a very good job. Layout of the main page looks great with the new buttons – you have got more real estate now than before.
By: aswind12 on November 28, 2011
at 7:57 pm
I guess the rains are waiting for me to come out of the office. Once i am out it will start pouring to trouble me reaching home
By: VSN on November 28, 2011
at 6:07 pm
Once you come out they will follow you to your house..be careful for what you ask for…. if your roads are flooded dont blame rains OK ?
By: aswind12 on November 28, 2011
at 6:35 pm
OK. Blame the roads
By: vithasansen on November 28, 2011
at 7:29 pm
Omg..nothing here in Tambaram,only drizzles……All clouds went to nunga…did nunga cross 50mm by now ?
By: Karthik Raghavan on November 28, 2011
at 5:49 pm
we are approaching 100. Just 3 more to go. Its very disapointing. I expected to reach 100 2 hours back.
By: keaweather on November 28, 2011
at 6:01 pm
100 micrometers more likely
By: aswind12 on November 28, 2011
at 6:33 pm
According to this http://www.imd.gov.in/section/nhac/dynamic/cwind.htm
IMD will name the depression, cyclone Thane by night time
By: keaweather on November 28, 2011
at 5:32 pm
As prediicted today was the biggest disappointment of NEM 2011
By: keaweather on November 28, 2011
at 5:26 pm
it is not over yet!!
By: VSN on November 28, 2011
at 5:30 pm
only 3 mm in 2 hours. I expected 30 mm in the same period. I think because of lack of wind these clouds are dissipating over sea and we are getting only the left overs.
By: keaweather on November 28, 2011
at 5:33 pm
yeah, disappointing though. but i feel after 8 pm the conditions will be better.
By: VSN on November 28, 2011
at 5:37 pm
3mm more, required.. !!
By: VSN on November 28, 2011
at 5:19 pm
Yellowish colour in radar nearing chennai….Heavy showers to start…
By: rajkmr on November 28, 2011
at 4:41 pm
Heavy spots are holding fine at 9.47am about 150 km from Chennai…will this push through ?
By: aswind12 on November 28, 2011
at 3:52 pm
Yaaravadhu kadalla erangi thallanum!
By: originaldashman on November 28, 2011
at 3:55 pm
no it will dissipate soon!!!!!!!!!
By: gtaman2 on November 28, 2011
at 4:32 pm
no they ll dissipate wen they come to land
By: vijay on November 28, 2011
at 3:55 pm
Looks like you are right Vijay….it has held steady for 30 mts…so maybe maybe it may just gather strength and move in…hopes receding though….
By: aswind12 on November 28, 2011
at 3:57 pm
radar was awesome…………..but sumthing missing!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
By: gtaman2 on November 28, 2011
at 4:25 pm
that “sumthing” is rain..nothing else!
By: originaldashman on November 28, 2011
at 4:27 pm
Hiya..Nunga also going to miss!!!
By: originaldashman on November 28, 2011
at 4:25 pm
foreca reduced their predictions
By: vijay on November 28, 2011
at 3:49 pm
for tuesday
By: vijay on November 28, 2011
at 3:51 pm
Rain rate is getting heavier by minute!
By: karthikraghavan1994 on November 28, 2011
at 3:42 pm
Best example of Kolaveri!!!
VK asking questions to Kea bloggers!!!
R
FL
By: originaldashman on November 28, 2011
at 3:44 pm
nunga n meena will struggle to cross 10mm
By: jon on November 28, 2011
at 3:34 pm
exactly!!…
By: karthikraghavan1994 on November 28, 2011
at 3:35 pm
The 45 dBZ(heavy) spots on the radar are still about 100 km away. If this system holds along that horizontal axle from chennai to mid bay of bengal then that trough can push westward and dump rain.
By: aswind12 on November 28, 2011
at 3:36 pm
Best example of Kolaveri!!!
VK asking questions to Kea bloggers!!!
R
FL
By: originaldashman on November 28, 2011
at 3:42 pm
where did the 239 FB likes come from? I thought i might get 150 until year end.
By: keaweather on November 28, 2011
at 3:33 pm
Kolaveri 89,518 likes in 10 days
By: karthikraghavan1994 on November 28, 2011
at 3:34 pm
what is Kolaveri? Is it a place?
By: keaweather on November 28, 2011
at 3:35 pm
By: jon on November 28, 2011
at 3:38 pm
Kolaveri is a term used to respect elders!
By: karthikraghavan1994 on November 28, 2011
at 3:37 pm
In address an elder person by saying “Kolaveri”
By: karthikraghavan1994 on November 28, 2011
at 3:40 pm
u r right karthick
By: naveenstuns on November 28, 2011
at 3:51 pm
As rain watchers, we should be more interested in “COLA veri” and not “Kolaveri”.
Now bak to lurking.
Nur der BvB!
By: nurderbvb on November 28, 2011
at 4:09 pm
Heavy rain clouds is suddenly forming over vizhuppuram,tiruvannamalai district……Did ramanan miss something here??…he told rains will reduce!
By: karthikraghavan1994 on November 28, 2011
at 3:30 pm
he meant rains to reduce over meena.
By: keaweather on November 28, 2011
at 3:31 pm
He said, it will reduce from tuesday
By: rajar77 on November 28, 2011
at 3:31 pm
high wind and light rain continously
By: keerthivasan123 on November 28, 2011
at 3:28 pm
Kea is predicting with a kolaveri
..did u hear this world hit Kea?
By: karthikraghavan1994 on November 28, 2011
at 3:28 pm
is that u? he resembles a lot like u
By: keaweather on November 28, 2011
at 3:30 pm
omg..lol!
By: karthikraghavan1994 on November 28, 2011
at 3:31 pm
it ll be landed near chennai and nellore
By: vijay on November 28, 2011
at 3:24 pm
there are high winds with drizzles is it a mini cyclone?
By: vijay on November 28, 2011
at 3:25 pm
s…emergency landing….the gale will take away kea’s weather station with it
….nunga’s 45cm record under threat 
By: karthikraghavan1994 on November 28, 2011
at 3:26 pm
Hahaha…highly inflated predictions!!
By: karthikraghavan1994 on November 28, 2011
at 3:22 pm
53 mm to reach my target of 500 mm for nov
By: rajar77 on November 28, 2011
at 3:19 pm
it will be done today..
By: VSN on November 28, 2011
at 3:21 pm
Still in dream land VSN ?
By: aswind12 on November 28, 2011
at 3:21 pm
sometimes even dreams come true.. wait n see..
By: VSN on November 28, 2011
at 3:23 pm
Surely we want your dream to come true but we are also practical people….we cant imagine rains unforunately…
By: aswind12 on November 28, 2011
at 3:31 pm
I am starting prediciton for nunga from this rain.
KEA-75 mm (nunga) and 34 mm (meena)
Vijay – 10 mm (nunga)
KAR – 105 mm (meena)
Joel – 50 mm (nunga)
VSN – 60 mm (nunga)
By: keaweather on November 28, 2011
at 3:15 pm
ok mention nunga or meena. We will do for both
By: keaweather on November 28, 2011
at 3:17 pm
RR picking up…….
By: Thunderjove on November 28, 2011
at 3:17 pm
vijay’s 10mm is definitely for nunga
By: karthikraghavan1994 on November 28, 2011
at 3:19 pm
60 mm nunga.
By: VSN on November 28, 2011
at 3:20 pm
88mm(nunga)
By: gtaman2 on November 28, 2011
at 4:01 pm
People living in low lying areas, please arrange for boats.. that includes me :-p
By: VSN on November 28, 2011
at 3:15 pm
imd updated the same reports of yesterday are they mad?
By: vijay on November 28, 2011
at 3:13 pm
last half hour moderate shower here…………..
By: keerthivasan123 on November 28, 2011
at 3:12 pm
Light rain here……..
By: Thunderjove on November 28, 2011
at 3:13 pm
moderate showers here in T.Nagar
By: Pradeep John on November 28, 2011
at 3:11 pm
Radar animation looks gr8….with any movement..entire CHENNAI is likely to be flooded!!
By: karthikraghavan1994 on November 28, 2011
at 3:10 pm
LOL chennai is already flooded!
By: Joel on November 28, 2011
at 3:12 pm
hahah!
By: karthikraghavan1994 on November 28, 2011
at 3:14 pm
I think today is the day. 100+?
By: keaweather on November 28, 2011
at 3:14 pm
Are the clouds moving perfect W-E?
By: karthikraghavan1994 on November 28, 2011
at 3:08 pm
no, all clouds moving towards nunga dir
By: keaweather on November 28, 2011
at 3:10 pm
Yes,all rains moving towards meena dir
By: karthikraghavan1994 on November 28, 2011
at 3:13 pm
KEA.
Do you mean to say we get more showers as the distance you say it is 150 KMS.
but it appears it moves so slowly but steady. probably with in 15 minutes some parts of chennai under rain belt.
ss.
By: maisuh on November 28, 2011
at 3:06 pm
today is going to be biggest dissapointment of this years NEM
By: keaweather on November 28, 2011
at 3:03 pm
Thats for u..i dint expect anything!
By: karthikraghavan1994 on November 28, 2011
at 3:06 pm
amything below 100 mm is dissapointment for me
By: keaweather on November 28, 2011
at 3:06 pm
100mm is a bit high.but we never know, letz see. what happens.
By: VSN on November 28, 2011
at 3:10 pm
kea.
in all directions towards sea, we could find moderate rains for first 30 kms. and finally some heavy showers as per radar. probably within 30 minutes, chennai would get atleast one to centimeters of rain before 5 30 Pm.
arabian cyclone is too far away, and still chennai is under cloud cover which gives us an impression some other disturbance developing over bay.
ss.
By: maisuh on November 28, 2011
at 3:02 pm
but this is like 150 km
By: keaweather on November 28, 2011
at 3:04 pm
Heavy drizzles/shower here for the past 10 mins…..
By: karthikraghavan1994 on November 28, 2011
at 3:00 pm
kea, be ready to celebrate the 1700 mile stone.
By: VSN on November 28, 2011
at 2:56 pm
Still no rain in NUNGA??
By: Joel on November 28, 2011
at 2:59 pm
Yes…!!..i thought everything was heading towads nung today!
By: karthikraghavan1994 on November 28, 2011
at 3:00 pm
Red mass forming SE of chengalpet…if it moves NW,ideally it will cover south chennai
By: karthikraghavan1994 on November 28, 2011
at 2:54 pm
Lots of clouds forming in the radar….rain isnt goin to let off in Tbm,anytime now
By: karthikraghavan1994 on November 28, 2011
at 2:52 pm
looks like that cloud mass is starting to move exactly west,instead of North west
By: Joel on November 28, 2011
at 2:52 pm
Showering here!
By: karthikraghavan1994 on November 28, 2011
at 2:51 pm
What?
By: keaweather on November 28, 2011
at 2:52 pm
Drizzles started at Besant Nagar
By: ashwinds on November 28, 2011
at 2:58 pm
Drizzles started in chennai central….Still the flooded waters are not yet dried in central MMC complex, egmore, perambur , puraisaiwakkam and Valluvar kottam..
Valluvar kottam road got very worst…
More showers are on the way….
By: rajkmr on November 28, 2011
at 2:51 pm
Joel.
where r u ? which part of chennai.
ss.
By: maisuh on November 28, 2011
at 2:49 pm
Adambakkam
By: Joel on November 28, 2011
at 2:49 pm
LP near Nagai on Sunday-4th Dec !!!
http://magicseaweed.com/msw-surf-charts2.php?chart=62&res=750&type=pressure&starttime=
By: originaldashman on November 28, 2011
at 2:51 pm
Heavy drizzles here
By: Joel on November 28, 2011
at 2:46 pm
This NEM is actually a real failure not because of rainfall,but the lack of lows.We are supposed to have an average of 2-3 named storms per NEM,but this time, we have had 4 lows and only one has been named.Thane (if it forms) will make it 2 out of 4.
By: Sudharshan Madhavan on November 28, 2011
at 2:41 pm
shelf cloud!
By: Sudharshan Madhavan on November 28, 2011
at 2:30 pm
Today is Nunga’s day.. hope it will break the records.
By: VSN on November 28, 2011
at 2:30 pm
Drizzling here
By: karthikraghavan1994 on November 28, 2011
at 2:27 pm
drizzling in mahalingapuram
By: Sudharshan Madhavan on November 28, 2011
at 2:25 pm
Papanasam dam – Rainfall in mm last 4 days
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25.11.2011 – 16
26.11.2011 – 125
27.11.2011 – 154
28.11.2011 – 145
Total – 440 mm
Upper Kodayar – Rainfall in mm last 4 days
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25.11.2011 – 59
26.11.2011 – 218
27.11.2011 – 113
28.11.2011 – 70
Total 460 mm
By: Pradeep John on November 28, 2011
at 2:25 pm
light rain start here ……….
By: keerthivasan123 on November 28, 2011
at 2:23 pm
wat?
By: karthikraghavan1994 on November 28, 2011
at 2:24 pm
Mumbai – max 36,Min 25….
No wonder november,december is called mumbai’s second summer!!….
By: karthikraghavan1994 on November 28, 2011
at 2:22 pm
y mumbai’s weather is said to be better than chennai..i dunno
By: karthikraghavan1994 on November 28, 2011
at 2:23 pm
Amazing… so far all the 5 systems formed were only troughs in easterlies ( I mean on the BOB side from SW Bay to WC Bay)…no LP Area formed in the Bay so far…. and we hv received around 72 to 76 cms of rain… Roughly Considering 22nd Dec to be the closing day for NEM, we stil hv around 25 days left. Two more systems possible??
What’s that cloud mass east of lanka?? Will the Bay throw up some more surprises??
By: chnrainlover on November 28, 2011
at 2:19 pm
Secon snsecutive day..rain fooling chennai!
By: karthikraghavan1994 on November 28, 2011
at 2:18 pm
No, Nunga will not be missed today.. watch out.
By: VSN on November 28, 2011
at 2:21 pm
Absolutely Karthik ! You said it …look at the radar at 8.30 am its very very close to Chennai yet I cant see any clouds that are like what we had so far….its quite dark but the east/south east is still very clear. I hope it hits Nungambakkam first for Kea’s sake
By: aswind12 on November 28, 2011
at 2:21 pm
Rains are just a few kms away. its a very slow moving storm. if it moves with the same speed after reaching, chennai will be drenched again.
By: VSN on November 28, 2011
at 2:06 pm
Papanasam Dam – 145 mm
By: Pradeep John on November 28, 2011
at 1:55 pm
e looks pitch dark.cloud mass might hit just to n of chn
By: jon on November 28, 2011
at 1:34 pm
west looks ominous!!! but why the hell its dark in west ?
By: vijay on November 28, 2011
at 1:18 pm
Will they be eliminated in next few hours?
ganeshkumar888 – 460
ArjunLV – 475
Thunderjove – 400-500
Guru1217 – 500
rajar77 – 500
Jon – 500
Ganesh Raja – 500-525
balajisampathkumar – 500-600
Pradeep John – 530-580
KN – 540
Sudharshan Madhavan – 500-600
By: keaweather on November 28, 2011
at 1:15 pm
Its heading towards chennai only..extreme north tn and south andhra got more rains yesterday,its our turn now
By: Joel on November 28, 2011
at 12:47 pm
Hopefully.Looking at the radar, if this thing does not die over sea, we should atleast get something out of it
By: keaweather on November 28, 2011
at 12:55 pm
if it doesnt die and it continues to crawl like it is now, we will have a long spell. The 600+ is still a possibility
By: ashwinds on November 28, 2011
at 1:03 pm
From my terrace I dont see any clouds towards the south eastern direction whatsoever. Its clear..Its very dark above me but only upto 500 metres. They have been dark for 2 hours now. Also today no wind at all…so sea is not as rough
By: aswind12 on November 28, 2011
at 1:07 pm
is it u talking?
By: keaweather on November 28, 2011
at 1:08 pm
Sorry ? Could not follow you ?
By: aswind12 on November 28, 2011
at 1:13 pm
no those rains heading towards nellore
By: vijay on November 28, 2011
at 12:09 pm
not even nelloore but north TN border
By: vijay on November 28, 2011
at 12:10 pm
and the radar has to break now
By: keaweather on November 28, 2011
at 12:37 pm
Radar is back now, but the cloud mass seem stuck about 80 kms away from Chennai. But it has been very cloudy and still at Adyar.
By: tbalaj on November 28, 2011
at 12:47 pm
it is a slow moving storm. Also today there is no wind whatsoever.
Whether this is good or bad only time will tell.
By: keaweather on November 28, 2011
at 12:57 pm
for those of you who are complaining this NEM is not good, its deficient. Pls see the below facts.
Rainfall received till now is 711 mm
Normal rain for NEM is 857 mm
Difference is 146 mm
Last 11 years December average is 154 mm. Moreover November is not over yet, We might even complete the normal rain of 857 in next 3 days itself. Who knows?
By: keaweather on November 28, 2011
at 10:57 am
That is true its normal so far. However what I am saying is that is it it an exceptional year like 2005 ? I think the south west monsoon raised expectations that we could have 2000 mm this year. That has not been realized for nungambakkam so far.
By: aswind12 on November 28, 2011
at 11:16 am
Getting dark in Adyar, we may be in for another spell this afternoon
By: ashwinds on November 28, 2011
at 12:30 pm
http://www.imd.gov.in/section/dwr/dynamic/dwr.htm
Radar looks great for pondicherry. But will it give Nungambakkam 170 ?
By: aswind12 on November 28, 2011
at 10:23 am
No,It luks great for us,its heading NW,see radar animation
By: Joel on November 28, 2011
at 10:27 am
Joel – I asked yesterday and nobody could answer it. Does the radar actually tell you where in Chennai can the moisture fall ?
By: aswind12 on November 28, 2011
at 10:38 am
http://202.54.31.51/animation/Animation.aspx
try this radar
By: Joel on November 28, 2011
at 10:44 am
winds turned to N-NW again something happening in SE of lanka!!!!!
By: vijay on November 28, 2011
at 9:12 am
nellore 18 cm
By: jon on November 28, 2011
at 8:40 am
Nellore 18 cm but Nungambakkam still deficient as far as NEM is concerned. Expected 86 cms for the year only 70 cms so far. Can we get at least another 14 cms in December ? Highly Unlikely.
By: aswind12 on November 28, 2011
at 8:52 am
Kea, the fifth spell which will set on December 4th or 5th is more promising day by day.
http://expertcharts.weatheronline.co.uk/daten/proficharts/en/2011/11/27/basis18/swas/prec/11120518_2718.gif
And as far as current spell, heavy rain is forecasted for tomorrow.
http://www.monsoondata.org/wx/chengfs.png
By: Pradeep John on November 28, 2011
at 8:15 am
Pradeep,
The first spell was the longest from oct 24-nov 6th..there was no lull there!
By: karthikraghavan1994 on November 28, 2011
at 8:30 am
i read an article in Hindu saying that particular spell was unusually long for 12 days running…NEM spells are mostly only for 3-4 days
By: karthikraghavan1994 on November 28, 2011
at 8:31 am
Pradeep if you actually analyze this monsoon are you bit surprised that this year Nungambakkam has not had big rainfall in a single day ? But for the SWM providing 85 cms this would be a deficient NEM is it not so ?
By: aswind12 on November 28, 2011
at 8:50 am
Nunga 21 mm
Meena 13
Kea you have to add 3 mm more to the total.
By: Pradeep John on November 28, 2011
at 8:11 am
Okay!!..its all over!
By: karthikraghavan1994 on November 28, 2011
at 7:29 am
It was all over for u long time back
By: keaweather on November 28, 2011
at 7:38 am
Storm misses nunga….
By: selvanfun on November 28, 2011
at 7:09 am
As usual
By: keaweather on November 28, 2011
at 7:37 am