NEM likely to be Vigorous over TN

In those olden days, The Hindu paper’s weather section’s famous headline for NEM use to be Northeast Monsoon likely to be Vigorous over TN It was a overwhelming feeling to see this on paper and we are just behind another spell of NEM.

The next 3-4 days is likely to be wet with heavy to very heavy showers over most parts of coastal TN under the influence of a LPA over adjoining SL. Delta likely to get heavy showers. The rains maybe intermittent and in spells and it may peak at nights. Initial forecasts suggest a Dry Diwali with isolated light showers but we will have to wait and watch.

Overall there are promising signs of a system developing over SW Bay around the 2nd week of November which is likely to be a stronger system. The consensus on the movement and intensity is still unclear. The next 2 weeks is likely to be the first wet phase of NEM 2021.