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.