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South-West Monsoon North-East Monsoon

Retreating Monsoon
blow from June to These winds blow during October These winds blow from December
These ewinds
September.
and November. to February.
of these winds is from The direction of these winds is from The direction of these winds is from
The direction
South-West. North-East. North-East.

.They blow from sea to land and These winds blow from land to sea. These winds blow from land to sea.
are
moisture laden winds.

They bring heavy rainfall. This Thetemperature changes and the Clear skies, pleasant weather witha
is a high temperature and high humidity remains high but rainfall low temperature and low humidity
humidity The pressure is
season. decreases. It is transition prevails over the Indian region.
a
from
low on the land a r e a and high o v e r rainy season to cold dry winter
surrounding water bodies. season.

During these months there i s The coastal of Tamil Nadu

areas When they move o v e r the Bay
rainfall in the whole subcontinent. receive maximum rainfall from of Bengal they pick up moisture
these retreating winds. to bring rainfall only to the
Coromandel coast.
 Bay of Bengal Branch
Arabian Sea Branch

1. It entersIndian landmass after blowing over a 1. It travels a shorter distance (a bay) and carrie
it collects lot less moisture.
vast open sea. During this period
of moisture.
2. The Arabian Sea Branch blows over India. 2. The Bay of Bengal Branch partly enters India;its
major part blows over Myanmar and Thailand.
the Western Ghats as soon as it 3. It has to travel a long distance over land before
3. It hits against
over the land. it hits against the mountains.
blows
 Tropical Cyclones Temperate Cyclones
Tropical cyclones are largely a summer phenomenon. Temperate cyclones are most intense in the winter
season.

Theyare generally smaller

circular.
in size and their shape is They are bigger in size than the tropical cyclones and
more o r less are oval in shape.

Tropical cyclones develop over the seas.

Temperate cyclones develop over continents.
They develop in the tropical region of Bay of Bengal Theydevelop in the temperate region of Mediterranean
and influence Indian coastal climate.
sea.
They bring heavy rainfall with strong winds over the They bring light to moderate rainfall in the North
Coromandel Coast of India.
western part of India under the infuence of westerly
jet streams.