NORTH EAST MONSOON Follow UPSCINFOGRAPHICS in telegram

(OCTOBER TO DECEMBER)

Mechanism
Formation and strengths of the high-pressure
cells over the Tibetan & the Siberian Plateaus FEATURES & CHARACTER

Marked by clear skies and rise in temperature.

The high-pressure cells in the southern Indian
Dryness in north India.
Ocean migrating to the west and weakening
Positive indian ocean dipole Rain in the eastern part of the Peninsula.

A bulk of the rainfall of the Coromandel Coast is derived from these

depressions and cyclones.

The land is still moist. Owing to the conditions of high temperature

and humidity, the weather becomes rather oppressive. This is

commonly known as the ‘October heat’

Migration of the Inter-Tropical Convergence

Zone (ITCZ) to the south of India QUICK FACTS
Rabi Crops are sown after NE monsoon(Wheat,barley, mustard, sesame and peas)

ITCZ NE monsoon are crucial for the agriculture and water needs of south india.

Indo-gangetic receive rain in November and December due to Western disturbance

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