Misty morning

Chennai woke up to a misty/foggy morning.
This is not unusual though... foggy conditions prevailed till 8:30 and slowly moved away to a clear sky.
By afternoon the temperature was 30.6°C @ 12:04pm
and by evening the temperature was dropping at .63°C per hour, now (10:27PM) the temperature is 22.9°C.
Going thru the satellite IR, we can see the remnance of "94B" is near the Saudi Arabia peninsula.
There was some rain around over the south extreme of TamilNadu.
As a whole the cloud formation has began to disintegrate, so ... we can say that's it to North-East monsoon.
Enjoy the winter weather!

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Hot & Humid

Today from morning the temperature is rising, now it's 30.3°C @ 12:07pm
and humid too 60% for this time of year.
It's all unusual thru this North-east season and early winter.
We might have a LAST show of the North-East air current... early next week(monday/tuesday).
Take a look at the latest satellite pic.

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"94B" over Arabian Sea

The tropical system which crossed us and now it's over OPEN arabian seas.
This might become as tropical cyclone..!!??

A dry day after wet wet

Today in Chennai it was slightly humid and warm thru the day, no rain.
Temperature: 29.7°C @ 11:41am
And the good news is Chennai received good Northeast rainfall
Monthly Rain - 229.6mm (Dec. normal - 138 mm)
Yesterday: 75.0 mm

Here are some figures from yesterday rain thru out Tamilnadu
Thirukoilur (Villupuram dt) and Sathanurdam (Thiruvannamalai dt) 21 each, Virudhachalam (Cuddalore dt), Kallakurichi (Villupuram dt) and Kodaikanal 20 each, Tiruvidaimaruthur 19, Ponneri (Thiruvallur dt) and Cheyyar (Thiruvannamalai dt) 18, Chengam (Thiruvannamalai dt), Coonoor and Satyavedu (Chittoor dt) 17 each, Ulundurpet (Villupuram dt) and Thiruvannamalai 16 each, Thamaraipakkam (Thiruvallur dt) 15, Arani (Thiruvannamalai dt), Gudiyatham (Vellore dt), Vellore, Redhills (Thiruvallur dt), Andipatti (Theni dt) and Tirupathi Airport 14 each, Polur (Thiruvannamalai dt), Ketti (Nilgiris dt), Palani (Dindigul dt), Pakala (Chittoor dt) and Chittoor 13 each, Sankarapuram (Villupuram dt), Vanthavasi (Thiruvannamalai dt) and Ambur (Vellore dt) 12 each, Maduranthagam (Kanchipuram dt), Ramakrishnarajpet and Cholavaram (both Thiruvallur dt), Ambasamudram (Tirunelveli dt), Alangayam (Vellore dt), Uthangarai (Krishnagiri dt), Peraiyur (Madurai dt) and Kalakada (Chittoor dt) 11 each, Tiruttani, Poondi (Thiruvallur dt), Arakonam (Vellore dt), Tirupattur, Vaniyambadi (Vellore dt), Dharapuram (Erode dt), Mulanur (Erode dt), Dindigul, Kuppam (Chittoor dt) and Chittoor 10 each, Kanchipuram, Chengalpattu (Kanchipuram dt), Poonamalle and Korattur (both Thiruvallur dt), Thiruvallur, Panruti (Cuddalore dt), Sirkali (Nagapattinam dt), Harur (Dharmapuri dt), Chatrapatti (Dindigul dt), Sathyamangalam, Bhavanisagar and Kangeyam (all Erode dt), Kothagiri (Nilgiris dt), Periyakulam (Theni dt), Theni, Aruppukottai, Venkatagiri Town and Tada (both Nellore dt), Arogyavaram and Venkatagiri kota (Chittoor dt) 9 each

There is a system still active over south interior tamilnadu.
Take a look at the latest satellite for details

Non stop rain...rain

A great low pressure trough has formed over tamilnadu and it covers almost full of tamilnadu.
Take a look at the latest satellite pic...

Looking at the satellite pic you can see Chennai is going to get more, more rain thru the night.
Chennai received and receiving almost non-stop rain from Yesterday morning.
Chennai rainfall amount from 12:00 AM 19-Dec-07 to 6:30 PM 19-Dec-07 is 71.4 MM.
Important and good info is that Chennai rainfall average has crossed the normal december average. Thanks to "94B"
Take a look at the following disturbing figures, recorded 8:30 AM, 19-Dec-07

Orathanadu (Thanjavur dt) and Dharapuram (Erode dt) recorded extremely heavy rainfall of 31 and 27centimetres respectively.
Perungalur (Pudukottai dt) and Thozhudhur (Cuddalore dt) 24 each, Panruti (Cuddalore dt) and Gingee (Villupuram dt) 23 each, Natham and Palani (Both Dindigul dt) 22 each, Vanthavasi (Thiruvannamalai dt) 21, Tiruchirapalli, Thanjavur, Perundurai (Erode dt), Kadavur (Karur dt), Manaparai and Musiri (Both Tiruchirapalli dt) 20 each, Maduranthagam (Kanchipuram dt), Villupuram and Dindigul 19 each, Papanasam (Thanjavur dt), Aravakurichi (Karur dt) and Vedasandur (Dindigul dt) 18 each, Chengalpattu (Kanchipuram dt), Thiruvaiyaru and Valangaiman (Both Thanjavur dt), Needamangalam (Tiruvarur dt), Tiruchirapalli Airport, Mettupatti (Madurai dt), Chatrapatti and Nilakottai (Both Dindigul dt) 17 each, Kallakurichi and Ulundurpet (Both Villupuram dt), Thirukattupalli (Thanjavur dt), Jayamkondam (Ariyalur dt), Devakottai (Sivagangai dt) and Kodaikanal 16 each, Kanchipuram, Kattumannarkoil (Cuddalore dt), Thammampatti (Salem dt), Lalgudi and Pullambadi (Both Tiruchirapalli dt) 15 each, Kodavasal and Mannargudi (Both Tiruvarur dt) 14 each, Tambaram, Virudhachalam (Villupuram dt), Puducherry Airport, Karaikal, Kumbakonam (Thanjavur dt), Nannilam (Tiruvarur dt), Ramanathapuram, Mulanur (Erode dt), Ariyalur and Karaikudi (Sivagangai dt) 13 each, Sriperumpudhur (Kanchipuram dt), Cuddalore, Vanur (Cuddalore dt), Adiramapattinam, Tiruvidaimaruthur (Thanjavur dt), Nagapattinam, Sirkali (Nagapattinam dt), Thiruvarur, Thirumayam (Pudukottai dt), Cheyyar (Thiruvannamalai dt), Kangeyam (Erode dt), Karur, Mayanur (Karur dt), Thathiengarpet (Tiruchirapalli dt) and Andipatti (Theni dt) 12 each, Thiruvallur, Tindivanam and Thirukoilur (Both Villupuram dt), Pattukottai (Thanjavur dt), Muthupet and Thiruthuraipoondi (Both Tiruvarur dt), Harur and Pappireddipatti (Both Dharmapuri dt), Udumalpet (Coimbatore dt), Erode, Ketti (Nilgiris dt), Karur Paramathi, Tiruppuvanam (Sivagangai dt), Chembarambakkam, Redhills and Thamaraipakkam (All Thiruvallur dt) 11 each, Poonamalle and Korattur (Both Thiruvallur dt) and Arakonam (Vellore dt) 10 each, Chennai Airport, Chidambaram (Cuddalore dt), Mayiladuthurai (Nagapattinam dt), Tondi, Polur (Thiruvannamalai dt), Vellore, Paramathi Velur (Namakkal dt), Attur (Salem dt), Yercaud, Bhavani and Gobichettipalayam (Both Erode dt), Thogaimalai (Karur dt), Perambalur, Marungapuri and Thuraiyur (Both Tiruchirapalli dt), Periyakulam and Uthamapalayam (Both Theni dt), Poondi (Thiruvallur dt), Tirupattur (Sivagangai dt) and Sivagangai 9 each, Chennai, Tiruttani (Thiruvallur dt), Parangipettai, Sankarapuram (Villupuram dt), Vallam (Thanjavur dt), Shenkottai (Tirunelveli dt), Arani and Sathanurdam (Both Thiruvannamalai dt), Kumarapalayam (Namakkal dt), Namakkal, Tiruppur (Coimbatore dt), Coonoor, Kulithalai (Karur dt), Vembavur (Perambalur dt), Peraiyur (Madurai dt), Watrap (Virudhunagar dt) and Cholavaram (Thiruvallur dt) 8 each

Visible shot of "94B"

Taken by F-14 overpass

"94B" moves in, Rain thru the day!

The tropical low system "94B" which was far away from land but it moved quickly than anticipated.
From morning, there was non stop sharp showers, and it's still continuing (10:12PM)
The amount of rainfall till now is 36.2mm from 12AM 18-Dec-07.
Monthly Rain - 116.2mm (Dec. normal - 138 mm) (we are nearing the normal average)
Rain is occationally companied by medium gusts, today's high wind 32.2km/hr at 2:36am.
Looking at the prevailing conditions the rainfall will continue till evening tomorrow(19-Dec-07).
Take a look at the satellite pic at 2:35 PM IST

and now very latest

The most of the rainfall has switched to south tamilnadu.

Good rain from early morning

The low pressure system "94B" is close to northern tamilnadu and it has started giving good rains.
Chennai received light showers in the evening (17-Dec-07) after that sharp showers with mild wind started again around 5 AM (18-Dec-07).
Take a look at the latest infrared pic

you can see that lots of showers are yet to come.
Hoping for a good full day of rain.