The South west monsoon rain in Bangalore -June - Sep 2015 according to IMD 501.5 actual as against Normal average of 451.9, with an positive departure of 11 % ( refer link
http://www.imdbangalore.gov.in/monsoon.pdf ) .
Overall the Bangalore city did not experience the Summer heat, and invariably if there was no rain for two days, then there will be evening showers on the third day to cool off the heat.. that is the peculiarity of Bangalore... Such a nice and pleasant weather Bangalore is gifted with...
We the Citizens should realise the balance of nature and try to preserve the Green cover to enable the nature and weather to sustain itself in coming days.. I heard from the Old Bangaloreans that in olden days, it invariably rains in almost all the days in the evenings in Bangalore.. Due to development of the city, there is substantial removal of greenary and there could be some effect in the rainfall patterns.
Of course, I was looking for the perfect evening Thunderstorms, the one similar to one I used to enjoy when I was a young at Chennai.. Darkening somewhere in the western horizons, gloozy sunshine in the Coconut leaves, murmering and a sense of something going to happen, a strange smell (Petrichor!!!), and the far away clouds turns darker and darker, cover the whole sky in a rapid speed, covers the western sun, and head of the dark clouds develops, and gives a feel of a dark umbrella is covering the earth., the western end of the dark clouds turning into a grey shade indicates rain at the horizon, and gradually the grey area covers the whole earth with the arrival of torrential rainfall, and the rain lasts for 20 to 30 minutes and the western horizon clears and the sunshine peeps through the west, and in the mean while, the earth gets whitewashed and every thing, the building, the trees, soil, grass appears and look super fresh., and in the late evening, clear skies, and all the bulbs, tubelights invites insets and eeasals... That is the peculiar and ideal Thunderstorm I used to cherish when I was young !!! Nowadays, seeing such a storm is very rare, in Bangalore it is still rare, because, it used to pour instantly in Bangalore ( maybe due to its elevation!!). and location wise rainfall varies in Bangalore...
I still remember one of those fantastic Thunderstorm when I was relocating, ie the last day when I was driving back home in the evening from Office at Vadodara...
Now it is Northeast Monsoon season..looking forward for wet and more rainy days...
This picture was clicked in the afternoon,On 5th Oct 2015, Monday, however in the evening, there was good development of Thunderstorm and it rained very heavily at Marathahalli around 7 cms within 30 minutes.. a perfect Thunderstorm with lightning and Thunder...
