Nothing good about North East Monsoon
Posted on: 09/Oct/2013 12:15:19 PM
Monsoons are supposed to be welcomed with cheerfulness. It is October now, and there are no signs of the North East Monsoon. If this continues Tamilnadu will receive very less rainfall. The city has been registering two to three degrees Celsius above normal for this time of year. Weather models also predict less rain for the rest of the month.
In the first seven days of the month, the state registered minus 77 per cent rainfall at 8.1 mm compared to a normal 35.4 mm. Met officials said the state would continue to receive subdued rainfall over the next week. However, they noted that northern TN might see a little rainfall activity in the next two days.
According to said Dr Y. E. A. Raj, deputy director general of meteorology, Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai,TN has not been getting rains because the southwest monsoon is still active over North India. “There is a particular vortex over Bay of Bengal and if it develops then TN would not get much rainfall for another week,” he added. He also said the onset of northeast monsoon might also get delayed in the process.
