SWM sets in

Imd announced the arrival of south west monsoon in some areas of kerala and Tamil nadu. This by no way will give any respite to the heat in Chennai. Extreme heat will continue for a few more days.

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489 thoughts on “SWM sets in

  1. a cold, windy and overcast monsoon morning in bangalore. Really beautiful to see the quick moving huge grey clouds

  2. still hoping for one or two thundershowers before monsoon sets in. The next two days will hold the key.. Will bangalore reach its normal for may. Or will it be deficient

  3. Andaman islands: Imd wil declare the monsoon by evening /night….continous heavy widespread rain reportd from 28th….actually s.andaman sea has witnessd the monsoon yestrday,..so most probably ,today it should cover the entire island…

  4. Kea,even tday ,v hav chance for cloudy day…most weather models are predicting partly cloudy days ahead for chennai…max temp xpectd to be 38…

  5. Mani ,u may face a cloudy day…some clouds nearing TN- s.andhra coast..,AND Also a part of north-nw chennai wil be cloudy after 1pm….so certainly TS POSSIBLE.

  6. Highest temperature rise when travelling by train: Bangalore-Chennai Shatabdi express. Departure: 6AM temperature 21 , arrival in Chennai 11AM temperature 39.

    18 degrees in 5 hours! Even Ooty Mettupalayam train doesn’t get this!

  7. IMD: Southwest monsoon has set in over some parts of South Bay and South Andaman sea. The Northern limit of monsoon passes through 8°N/80°E, 8°N/90°E, Nancowri, 9°N/99°E. Condition favourable for further advancement of SW monsoon in remaining parts of S Bay & Andaman sea during next 2-3 days. Under the influence of on set of monsoon sea condition will be moderate to rough over West Central Bay & South Bay. Yesterday’s trough of low pressure over North Bay of Bengal persists.Weather seasonal over rest Bay of Bengal & North Andaman sea.

    • @5:30PM Bangalore 25 , Chennai 35 , Afternoons are always that way. Actually Bangalore gets warmer than Chennai for four hours between 2PM and 6PM due to sea breeze.

  8. Dear All,

    quite a few thunderstorms developed over western outskirts of chennai – roughtly about 60 KMs west. Possibilities to spread towards chenai by evening is likely,
    as the present levels of humidity and coupled with sea breeze might get a good shower. only if we get at least evening showers, the temperatures can come down and settle at 95 F which is moderate.

    SS.

  9. @shiva.. that happens….i can show u few days in september,october where Vellore’s max temp will be at 36c and Tirupattur/jolarpet max temp at 25c….its a 11 degree fall in 1 and a half hour!!

  10. @Shiva,

    Even u cna see wid sterday’s max temps…..u will start at chennai at 30m at 41c….arrakonam,walahjapet=tiruttani still remains at 41c…..vellore remains at 41c ..by that time u climb 200m…..then climb anodher 200m,there comes a fall of 6degrees ….tirupattur,jolarpet at 35c…..then climb anoder 500m,there is a drop of anoder 4c …bangalore at 31c…!!!…

  11. Atlast i am covered ….dark black clouds in west ,sw,nw,south directions except north ,n.east. Currently no breeze…its terrible…lightning to my west…

  12. Heavy rain in South Bangalore but only for few minutes. Temperature dropped to 22 , now stable at 24.5.

  13. Very heavy rain in bannerghata road, bangalore. Heavy wind and heavy rain. Now we would have power cut, fallen trees and all kinds of problems.

  14. after a week without rain. Pre monsoon showers are back in bangalore. Good shower here in north bangalore for the last 20 mins

  15. south and east looking black. Must really be a heavy shower. Moderate rain continuing here in the north

  16. Imd trvdrm, issues very heavy fall to heavy rain warning for coastal kerala as the monsoon getting rigorous….entire interior kerala getting continous heavy rain and many areas hav been flooded…..now monsoon heading 2wrds s.coastal karnataka coast. source : times now

  17. can stil see lightning over southern eastern and western horizons in bangalore. Rain has not restarted here in north

  18. Today 5.30Pm Temperatures
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    Chennai AP – 35.0c
    Chennai – 33.8c
    Dharmapuri – 32.8c
    Coimbatore – 31.0c
    Vellore – 30c
    Bangalore – 29.8c
    Tirupattur – 24.4c 😮

    Tirupattur has got some really cooling thunderstorms today!!….temp has dropped from 37.2 to 24.4 in no time….at 5.30pm today it beats all the other places by some margin!!

  19. Current Weather (METAR) For Bangalore International Airport

    All times on the weather descriptions are local

    Observed at 21:18 – (10 mins ago)
    Thunderstorm

    24°C

    Light Rain , Thunderstorm , Rain , Rain
    Clouds: Scattered Clouds at 1,500ft, Scattered Clouds at 2,000ft, Few Clouds at 3,000ft
    Wind: 100° at 10 knots, varying from 030° to 140
    Visibility: 6,000m
    QNH: 1015
    Dew Point: 20°C
    Runway in Use: Runway 09

  20. pouring rain being reported in areas around whitefield in bangalore… not so much over yelahanka & devanahalli at the moment… East bangalore bearing the brunt of this one..

  21. Current Weather (METAR) For Bangalore International Airport

    All times on the weather descriptions are local

    Observed at 21:30 – (7 mins ago)
    Thunderstorm

    22°C

    Thunderstorm , Rain
    Clouds: Scattered Clouds at 1,500ft, Scattered Clouds at 2,000ft, Few Clouds at 3,000ft, Broken Clouds at 25,000ft
    Wind: 080° at 14 knots, varying from 360° to 130, gusting 24 knots
    Visibility: 2,500m
    QNH: 1015
    Dew Point: 21°C
    Runway in Use: Runway 09

  22. Current Weather (METAR) For Bangalore International Airport

    All times on the weather descriptions are local

    Observed at 22:00 – (1 min ago)
    Thunderstorm

    20°C

    Thunderstorm , Rain
    Clouds: Scattered Clouds at 1,500ft, Scattered Clouds at 2,000ft, Few Clouds at 3,000ft, Broken Clouds at 25,000ft
    Wind: 300° at 06 knots, varying from 260° to 340
    Visibility: 2,500m
    QNH: 1015
    Dew Point: 19°C
    Runway in Use: Runway 27

  23. temp has dropped considerably at devanahalli… now only at 20 C, although wind speeds have dropped to just about 10 – 12 km/h now

  24. heavy thunder lightning and rain has begun here in electronic city now.. it is virtually pouring at the moment

  25. Current Weather (METAR) For Bangalore International Airport

    All times on the weather descriptions are local

    Observed at 22:30 – (10 mins ago)
    Thunderstorm

    21°C

    Blowing , Thunderstorm , Rain
    Clouds: Scattered Clouds at 1,500ft, Scattered Clouds at 2,000ft, Few Clouds at 3,000ft, Broken Clouds at 25,000ft
    Wind: 290° at 07 knots
    Visibility: 4,000m
    QNH: 1014
    Dew Point: 19°C
    Runway in Use: Runway 27

  26. Current Weather (METAR) For Chennai/Madras International Airport

    All times on the weather descriptions are local

    Observed at 22:10 – (35 mins ago)
    Partly Cloudy

    29°C

    Partly Cloudy
    Clouds: Few Clouds at 2,000ft, Scattered Clouds at 10,000ft
    Wind: 240° at 10 knots
    Visibility: 6,000m
    QNH: 1005
    Dew Point: 23°C
    Runways with a headwind: Runway 25, Runway 30

  27. I doubt if City met station will record much rain… anekal and other recording stations in bangalore should record more than city

  28. 10:45 PM Rain has become a drizzle in South Bangalore and the temperature has gone up a bit to 23.

    Chennai looks all set to have a cool morning tomorrow. Maybe minimum 25 with a possibility of a late night shower.