Formation of cyclone alone is NOT characteristic of NEM. To be more precise the amount of rainfall it has given to entire TN is to be taken into consideration. In that matter TN is blessed with +13% of NORMAL rainfall. Till time is there. Usually monsoonal period like this will be preferred than to cyclones. This monsoon is indeed good. As for as characteristics of monsoon is considered this year pattern is also known to weatherman. Today, [26.11.2009/1730 hrs IST] a high pressure system at 850 hPa lies over central India. This may lead to a change in pattern. Winter winds possibly may enter from NORTH. However it is a good monsoon indeed.
I have experience mumbai monsoons. It rains 5 months non stop. Yearly rainfall is 3000mm. In 2005 mumbai entered world record of 1000mm of rain in a single day (24 hours). But TN northeast monsoon only few days it rains, that also with great difficulty, low pressure suddenly disappears. Only cyclone will sustain, and bring good rain to water starved TN.
I have experience mumbai monsoons. It rains 5 months non stop. Yearly rainfall is 3000mm. In 2005 mumbai entered world record of 1000mm of rain in a single day (24 hours). But TN northeast monsoon only few days it rains, that also with great difficulty, low pressure suddenly disappears. Only cyclone will sustain, and bring good rain to water starved TN.
Dear SSET, Asian Summer Monsoon which is a giant wind pattern originating from Mascerene High {30 S /60 E.The moisture laden winds blow across Indian Ocean and also [1] Arabian sea [2] Bay of Bengal [3] south China Sea and brings rainfall to all Asian countries like India, China, Bangladesh, Srilanka etc. This monsoon rain is life line for people live in these countries. In India 90% of the entire continent except Tamilnadu is getting rainfall during SW monsoon period. [TN too gets rainfall 36-42 percent of annual rainfall. North East Monsoon is smaller system compared to SW monsoon. Further NEM is nothing but reversal of wind pattern or retreating SW monsoon. During this season only TN is mainly benefited. Of course Mumbai recorde 94.7 cm rainfall during July 2005. Even in Tamilnadu there are places like Kuthiraivetty in Tirunelveli district which during 1991 November cyclone received 97.0cm rainfall. This is ONE DAY ANNUAL MAXIMUM RAINFALL recorded in TN. Recently KETTY recorded 82.0 cm rainfall. NEM is also life line for TN. CHINNA KALLAR, DEVALA, UPPR KOTHIYAR, are the wettest places in TN where the annual rainfall is more than 3000 mm to 5500 mm. Chinna Kallar is the wettest place in south India. It receives more than 5500 mm rainfall annually. So Please do not blame it.
Very strange. Last year same time we had cyclone Nisha. This year weakest of monsoon. In fact we can't even say this is monsoon.
ReplyDeleteFormation of cyclone alone is NOT characteristic of NEM. To be more precise the amount of rainfall it has given to entire TN is to be taken into consideration. In that matter TN is blessed with +13% of NORMAL rainfall. Till time is there. Usually monsoonal period like this will be preferred than to cyclones. This monsoon is indeed good.
ReplyDeleteAs for as characteristics of monsoon is considered this year pattern is also known to weatherman.
Today, [26.11.2009/1730 hrs IST] a high pressure system at 850 hPa lies over central India. This may lead to a change in pattern. Winter winds possibly may enter from NORTH. However it is a good monsoon indeed.
I have experience mumbai monsoons. It rains 5 months non stop. Yearly rainfall is 3000mm. In 2005 mumbai entered world record of 1000mm of rain in a single day (24 hours).
ReplyDeleteBut TN northeast monsoon only few days it rains, that also with great difficulty, low pressure suddenly disappears. Only cyclone will sustain, and bring good rain to water starved TN.
I have experience mumbai monsoons. It rains 5 months non stop. Yearly rainfall is 3000mm. In 2005 mumbai entered world record of 1000mm of rain in a single day (24 hours).
ReplyDeleteBut TN northeast monsoon only few days it rains, that also with great difficulty, low pressure suddenly disappears. Only cyclone will sustain, and bring good rain to water starved TN.
Dear SSET,
ReplyDeleteAsian Summer Monsoon which is a giant wind pattern originating from Mascerene High {30 S /60 E.The moisture laden winds blow across Indian Ocean and also [1] Arabian sea [2] Bay of Bengal [3] south China Sea and brings rainfall to all Asian countries like India, China, Bangladesh, Srilanka etc. This monsoon rain is life line for people live in these countries. In India 90% of the entire continent except Tamilnadu is getting rainfall during SW monsoon period. [TN too gets rainfall 36-42 percent of annual rainfall.
North East Monsoon is smaller system compared to SW monsoon. Further NEM is nothing but reversal of wind pattern or retreating SW monsoon. During this season only TN is mainly benefited.
Of course Mumbai recorde 94.7 cm rainfall during July 2005. Even in Tamilnadu there are places like Kuthiraivetty in Tirunelveli district which during 1991 November cyclone received 97.0cm rainfall. This is ONE DAY ANNUAL MAXIMUM RAINFALL recorded in TN. Recently KETTY recorded 82.0 cm rainfall. NEM is also life line for TN.
CHINNA KALLAR, DEVALA, UPPR KOTHIYAR, are the wettest places in TN where the annual rainfall is more than 3000 mm to 5500 mm.
Chinna Kallar is the wettest place in south India. It receives more than 5500 mm rainfall annually.
So Please do not blame it.