Posted by: keaweather | January 1, 2012

Surprise new year shower

For the first time in more than 7 year, Chennai recorded its first rain on New years day.


Responses

  1. http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/76000/76859/thane_amo_2011363.jpg

  2. Finally I have reported an abuse at WordPress.org!!!!!! Whooooo hooooo!!!!!! :D :D :D

    • I’m very happy.. Abuse report ready’ah? :-)

    • Kea will enjoy this video…LOL…rofl…..and he is waiting for jan 13th Nanban release!! :D :D

  3. I was thinking wat to do to make this blog active during this dry period..u initiated it with the following unprovoked post yesterday..thatz y u r facing the heat now..thnx for co-operating today..expecting more from u tmrw.. :-D

    “cmom cmon cmon rate me very poor!!!”

    • do u want the abuse report or not????!!! its in ur hands today!!!!!! :wink:

  4. Ayyyyooooo!!!! Intha rendu Kosu enna thiripi thiripi kadikuthu!!!!!!
    Translation for Kea:
    OMG!!!! Those 2 mosquitoes are biting me again and again!!!!!!! Help me im verrrrrry tired!!!!!! :P

    • Nee translate pannita mattum Kea reply panniduvaara? Wait n watch..he is also going to join us soon in ‘Kadichifying’ u ! :-D

      • Kea doesnt know Tamil this means that the mosquito doesnt have the needle!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D also unnaku yenga intha maari mariathe (respect) vanthathu…..??? :D i think its your parents who pampered u!!!!! :D

  5. “Can’t wait for the 13th”

    Why Kea?…Eagerly waiting for ‘Nanban’ movie ah?? :-D

    • Kea
      this is turning into a harassment area!!!!!!!! :shock:
      Dey Daskidu jonnu ninga yenkitta enna vena pannikonga ana veliye poi intha maari pannidadingo!!!!!!! :D

      • dey
        im only doing home schooling!!!! :D

      • thunder..actually we are doing this only to u..will not even think of doing this to others in blog or outside.. :-D

        • why???? what mistake did i commit??????!!! :D

  6. “10 times rowdy..”

    iru..iru..Monday vandhu Miss’u kitta maati vidraen….

    Jon, thunder’a paatha unakku sirippu sirippa varala? rofl :-D

    • loosu
      na vanthu schooluke pogave illai!!!!!!!!!! :D

      • Yes..today and tmrw holiday..u will go to school on Monday only!

  7. deeeeeeyyyy!!!!!!!!
    enna yenne na nenache!!!!! naan vanthu unnoda pathu thereve (10 times) rowdy da!!!!!!! paaathu peeesu!!!!!! :D

    • pudinga sir avana…pudichi TC koduthu vidunga :D :D

      • Well said Jon..yes TC shud ne given..i forgot he is in School.. :-D

  8. Fall in minimum temperatures at last…still 1-2 degrees above normal,everywer in TN!!

  9. kea im reporting an abuse in this blog!!!!!!!!

  10. Can’t wait for the 13th

  11. enna thunderruuu??..enna paakuraa??? Small boy..Dashman’ayae thappa pesuriyaa?…

    @Kea,

    Pudddinggaaa Sir…Avana pudichhuuuu Jail’a podunngaaa Sir!
    :-D

  12. FWS Rains forecast by IMD on Monday..

    some trough over SW bay..true??

  13. 3 fires in bangalore today.. one at columbia aia hospital in hebbal, 1 at a steel factory and one near richmond road at a restaurant.. according to me all these three fires caused due to the sudden dry heat affecting bangalore for the past 3 days..

  14. jonu
    antha daskidu kitta pesathe!!! avan oru ketta paiya(bad boy)! :D

  15. some showers forecast for chennai

    http://foreca.mobi/7d.php?l=101264527

  16. jon
    r u the representative of dash??? if so then dont be…. i mean quit! :(

    • ?? :D

  17. “have a lot of work to do” hey fool, actualla patha unnaku vere veleye illa!!! deeey un amma appa onnu solli kudukalaya such as manners???!!! poi un veleya paru!!! innoru thereve pesine…..!!! mind it!

    • r u upset?? :o ;)

  18. aiyyyyooooo kadavule intha kosu tholla thanga mudiyele!!!!!!!! :mad: :(

  19. @sel
    hope so….

    • hey thunder..i never wasted time in rating u down..have lot of other work..u r earning very poor ratings from the blog visitors bcoz of the way u reply..i mean very childish..also some may want to provoke u as u r the youngest and always worried about the ratings :-D

  20. Atleast,Wil ther be any minor system (lp)???? i think ,its possible aftr jan 17th.

    • Sel, unakku LP minor system’a? adhuvae namakku ippa perusu paaa!!!:-D

  21. dashkid
    everyone knows that!!!! :D
    cmom cmon cmon rate me very poor!!! :D

    • thunderbaby knows everything about weather..but knows nothing about everything else other than that.. :-D

  22. This is called ‘ Virga ‘

    http://www.weathernotebook.org/transcripts/1998/02/20.html

    http://www.google.co.in/images?sourceid=navclient&aq=0h&oq=&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADSA_enIN423IN423&q=virga&oi=image_result_group&sa=X

  23. How do Hole-Punch Clouds form?

    http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap040112.html

  24. Obama went to Mars???

    http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/01/obama-mars/

  25. some showers possible for chennai from 9th till 12th

  26. Last Feb Tirupattur dropped to 11.6 degrees

  27. Definitely a severe cold wave is appraoching this jan end,feb

  28. Gulburga burning at 35 degrees!

  29. thunderjove’s website says “showers possible tis week”.

    http://thunderjove.wordpress.com/

    • Shower “N” Shower ?

  30. http://www.imdbangalore.gov.in/dwr.pdf

    “Heat wave conditions prevailed over some parts of Interior Karnataka”

    Heat wave in january :-o :(

    • nice to hear :)

  31. by seeing the ratings dashkid has got 7 good ratings and i have got it all poor/very poor!!! it seems people in this forum expect me to respect dashkid!!! :( enna kodume sir ithu! is dash a VVIP???! :-(

  32. @dashkid
    what crap!!! :mad:

  33. “Zero Turn” Drive !!!

    http://www.tatapixel.com/

  34. Whooaahhhhh!…..The 111 kmpl car !!!

    http://www.google.co.in/search?q=Volkswagen%20XL1&hl=en&gbv=2&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=453l453l0l953l1l1l0l0l0l0l94l94l1l1l0&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi

  35. World’s cheapest car….oops….sorry…4-wheeler rickshaw :-D

    Don’t miss the front view :-D

    http://www.google.co.in/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&q=Bajaj+RE60&gbv=2&oq=Bajaj+RE60&aq=f&aqi=g-z1g-sS1&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=453l453l0l953l1l1l0l0l0l0l94l94l1l1l0

  36. “….and how can u go to kea’s admin???!!!”

    I can’t stop laughing at the ignorance of thunder :-D :-D :-D

    Thatz y hes called thunderkid! :-)

  37. thanks a lot for the info kea… :)

  38. Thane has had a bad effect on winter everywer in South India…

    Bangalore is doing worse at 31max..19min!!…

    Tamil nadu’s coldest winter place in plains – Tirupattur at 32max..21min!!

    All running 4 degrees above normal!! :-o ..worst winter!

    • which is very gud :razz:

    • Yeah if anything its hotter today than yesterday.

      Jon – no no, not good. let’s have a little bit of not hot weather now. Anyway no cyclones come to Chennai – so we end up suffering the heat while other places get the cyclone ;)

  39. dashkid
    enna kathe uriyaa??? :P
    and how can u go to kea’s admin???!!! :shock:

    • Don’t believe him. Hi is just getting bored there is no rain

  40. dash is that true???

  41. !!! Important Announcement from Kea Admin !!!

    This is to inform our blog members that Kea WordPress blog will be shutdown for Annual maintenance activity. Users will not be able to access the blog
    from Jan 05,2012 till April 05, 2012. However, regular updates on fog and dry weather in Chennai will be available on our FB page.

    Meet you all in April..the month of Pre-monsoon cyclone.

    Regards,
    Dash (on behalf of Kea)

  42. according to wikipedia – The original expanse of the marsh, estimated on the basis of the Survey of India toposheet of 1972 and aerial photographs (Corona) of 1965 was about 5,500 hectares (14,000 acres), which has shrunk to about 600 hectares (1,500 acres).

    • Martin– You are spot on..I pass this place atleast once a fortnight and have been steadily seeing the place decline in land area..infact there was a massive fire a few months back which killed birds and huge area was destroyed..I also understand that there was no efforts to contain the fire and it was left to extinguish on its own!Such apathy..

      • Zaheer – 106
        Ishant – 106
        Ashwin – 100
        Yadav – 94

        • dashman, isn’t this a bit out of place. btw great scores by this indian attack. its not done yet. 1 or 2 more sessions of pain still ahead before they can rest.

        • watoo n cummins mite be avail for nxt match

  43. really sad what is happening to pallikaranai marshlands.. what was once a haven for migratory birds and bird watchers alike is today being eaten up by velachery station on one side.. corporation waste dump on one side.. pallikaranai area itself and thuraipakkam on the other, thangavelu engineering college itself occupied many many acres of the pallikaranai marsh.. what was once an area of over 90 sq kms has today been reduced to less than 40 sq kms of which only 3.17 sq kms is a reserve forest and protected by the Tambaram range of the Forest department. something needs to be done and soon or we could lose one of the last surviving eco systems in south india

  44. Why the days are humid and warm ? The chillness before Thane has vanished…. Any reasons ?

    • We have inched our way to 31 now. Bah. :(

    • Sub 20 weather is not possible for another week. We should reach 18-19 by 15th or so

      • but then they say with Bhogi, “winter” ends in Chennai – which is around 16th. So I guess winter has been sacrificed for Thane.

  45. Such a phenomenon had occurred in 1991 and 1996. Chennai received 65 cm of torrential rain in two days during mid-June in 1996, the official said.

    http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article453287.ece

  46. Who is Pattinson? 4 wickets here out of 6. 7 in the previous test. Already 24 wickets in only his 4 th test. Averaging 14.75 and he is dominating cricket

    • Kar, I think u didn’t know of him when u made Ur brave 4-0 prediction

      • Pattinson appears to be a good bowler in Aussie pitches. Gets a lot of bounce. But let him come to sub continent. Once the bounce is lacking he would be hit through the line. Measure of one bowling ability should not be done when bowling to useless Indian batsmen on bouncy wickets.
        Hmmmm…..appears like dravid, gauti , Kohli and coach are going to be dropped after this series.
        Dravid : His end is very near now. At 38+ out of form meameans quick retirement.
        Gauti: Totally out of form.
        Kohli: 0 technique on bouncy wicket
        Coach: Totally useless. Has not shown any contribution.

    • i dint predict 4-0 ..i predcited 2-1…And by the way,pattinson is looking great thanks to mediocre Indian batting..its like Sachin Vs Australia!

  47. In 1996,

    Nunga got 114cm from SWM..Some 120cm in NEM

  48. Nungambakkam likely to have cholavaram’s fate in 2012 :P

    • Chozhavaram which unusually got heavy rianfall – 190cm in 2010,ended up with 110cm this 2011!!

  49. @vsn

    2000,2003,2007 were the years which saw higher swm rainfall than nem.and the later half of ur quest will be answered by kea :)

    • n 2007 was the closest

      • thnk you jon,
        Unfortunately all the long range forecasts for this year shows below avg rainfall and a severe drought for southern peninsula. Dec cyclone is not good for the up coming year. The El-Nino effect to be back in the later part of the year during our monsoon season. I dont want to threaten any of our bloggers, but we need to wait for the long range forcast of IMD till may this year.

  50. Kea,

    I have a specific question for you, Could you just brief me on 1997 weather in chennai, particularly in rainfall. plz provide me with summary statistics.

    • Ya..i remember…it was the year all the media and newspapers informed the first record rainfall for NEM season. .for chennai. I think Meena scored 154 or 157 cms….tat season. Anyways…it was wonderful to enjoy those rains.. the year 1996 was also very wet followed by 1997..two consecutive years of fabulous rainfall… and we had to wait till 2005 …for yet another record…tat was history

  51. @Kea

    A typo in your heading. Surprise is given as Suprise.

  52. 2011

    swm – 852mm
    nem – 852mm :) :)

    • wow!! to be precise

      swm – 852.4 mm
      nem – 852.4 mm

      • Jon/Kea,

        When was the last time SWM was so close to NWM? and what was its impact on the next yrs weather. With The El-Nino coming into effect in the later part of the year, I was worried. was there any instance in the past where both SWM and NWM are very close and with a good rainfall in the following year.

  53. For the first time in 21st century..Nunga has got more rain than meena is two consecutive years – 2010,2011….

    Normally Nunga scores more than meena once in 3-4 or 5 years

    • *in two consecutive years

    • for the year i meant..

    • Better get used to it. It’s a new trend.

  54. Rainfall updated in this page

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AooAUH-PNgFTdEZDbnVIa083RW53R294R3VfYW9FN2c&hl=en_US#gid=0

  55. 2011 year rainfall
    ———————–

    1.Chembarambakkam – 197cm
    2.Nungambakkam – 184cm
    3.Meenambakkam – 171cm
    4.Korattur – 169cm
    5.Tambaram – 151cm
    6.Tamaraipakkam – 150cm
    7.Redhills – 147cm
    8.Poondi – 137cm
    9.Cholavaram – 110cm

    Except central and west-central chennai,others had a Normal SWM…That is what makes Chemb,nunga and meena rainiest this year in taht order…..Parts of North chennai has sufffered below normal rainfall!

    • After topping for 2010 with 190cm,…cholavaram down in dungeons in 2012 with 110cm!

  56. Rainfall Around Chennai for the much hyped NEM 2011
    ———————————————————————-

    1.Meenambakkam – 989mm
    2.Tambaram – 949mm
    3.Chembarambakkam – 908mm
    4.Nungambakkam – 852mm
    5.Redhills – 771mm
    6.Korattur -752mm
    7.Poondi – 708mm
    8.Cholavaram – 484mm

    Ehsan,

    Nungambakkam not only lost to Meenmabakkm in NEM,but also Tbm this NEM…Southern stalwarts Meena and Tbm takes 1 and 2 pos for NEM 2011..no surprises

    And cholavaram is having the worst year possible,after notching up 190cm in 2010!!

    • who said NEM is over? ;)

    • it is over according ti IMD…..whatever happens in jan-feb will be considered winter rainfall..

  57. Tambaram Nov and Dec rainfall…

    Nov – 426.1mm
    Dec – 189.4mm

  58. some pics from cuddalore taken on dec 31st, 24hrs after the storm

    http://www.imagehousing.com/image/935334

    http://www.imagehousing.com/image/935335

    http://www.imagehousing.com/image/935336

    http://www.imagehousing.com/image/935339

    http://www.imagehousing.com/image/935340

    http://www.imagehousing.com/image/935341

    http://www.imagehousing.com/image/935342

    http://www.imagehousing.com/image/935344

  59. try to c the full vdo….tanks 4 ur update,robertspeta

  60. dashkid
    i dont know whether kea and other bloggers are interested in december predictions only i announced u as the winner yesterday night… :wink:

  61. Who turned off the winter?

    Much warmer and humid day after the rains today. Hope that disturbance sel talks about makes it way here soon.

    • http://www.kuppathotti.com/
      :-D

      • It was in today’s Hindu

  62. nothing to do with my spirit dashkid its the truth….

  63. oh u predicted for meena??? but u got it right for nunga thats the main city so double congrats!!!!! : D

  64. its okay dash im not upset anyways congrats!!! :)

    • thatz d spirit..thnx thunder.. gud boy! :-)

  65. 98w crossing malay and thailand…likely to enter andaman sea as a weak disturbance….

    • OMG! Winning start to New Year! :-)

      Actually, i predicted it for South Chennai..but got it right for Nunga..anyway happy that AP got more than what i had predicted..moreover very glad that thunder has been beaten comprehensively :-D

      • Request to Kea.. in thunder’s style.. :-)

        Kea, plz give me an award..plz include my name in ur winner’s list..plz declare me as the winner in ur home page of wordpress, metsite and FB in a bold scrolling text..
        :-D

  66. daily thanthi:
    rain becos of thane low in arb sea..
    dhinamalar:
    chance for heavy rain all along tn coast as new low pressure formed in bay
    nalla kelapuranga ya beethi ya

  67. Heavy showers for 10mins

  68. A moderate rain for 10 minutes.

  69. Now raining in poonamallee

  70. vithasansen
    i think its dashman who is the winner…..!!! :wink: :D

    • 98 mm if you dont include 1st and 2nd rains. 102 mm if you include both.

      Dashman predicted 77-102. He wins it either way.

      • The range always should be +/- 5mm you cannot have 30 mm range between 77-102. The accuracy level should be max 5mm

  71. Kea,
    How much rain we got from THANE?
    Who is the winner in predicting the total rainfall from ‘THANE’?

  72. Chennai AP 7mm till 11.30am today…totally 12mm for Jan 2

    • I don’t understand

  73. Cyclone thane merged in to arabian sea and it still have some pull effect from east. east and south easterly winds are strong over chennai and adjoining andhra pradesh which gives occasional heavy showers particularly for south andhra which badly need some rains. Up to machilipatnam some showers were noticed in radar.

    chennai might get a heavy shower by evening as radar picks up quite a few red lines over south east of chennai which can reach city in another couple of hours.

    Already it looks like some circulation is possible in another 24 hours just east of srilanka by 1000 KMS. to keep track this.

    ss.

    ss.

  74. Very heavy rains in chrompet this morning….it shud atleast be 3cm!

  75. Two beaches in Marina

    http://netindian.in/sites/default/files/20111228Marina1.jpg

  76. http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/World/20111230/southeastern-india-cyclone-thane-111230/

    http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20111230/800_ap_thane_111230.jpg

  77. 1 litre milk 60rs in cuddalore and it seems power will be back only after a week in most areas of the town

  78. Cyclone Thane loss put at 3000 Crores

  79. New year wishes to all keaweather members!! :) ,

    btw nunga only 3mm ? ,here my rg shows 18mm ,mina a shud have also got the same amount

    • oops mina only 5mm till 8.30

  80. yesterday, clouds were pulled towards Nellore and Ongole. Today it is moving towards Chennai

    • what is the forecast for the day?

  81. Thane effect…rains in Gangetic Plains and Vindhyas.

  82. When NEM ends?

    • raining heavily?

      • Yes now drizzling.

  83. When NEM end?

  84. It is raining heavily.

  85. What surprise is there,? Rain will follow the cyclone due to pull effect and will continue for the day, as radar picks up more showers south east of Chennai.

    • forecast for today?

      • Can expect 1-2 spells (1-2 cm) before noon

  86. Wishing you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR

  87. good morning guys :)
    wow what a start to 2012!!! :)
    its still raining here but it was very heavy 15 mins ago!!! :D


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