by _resortholidaycherra | Sep 9, 2019 | Monsoon Magic
Near Equatorial Troughs, Mascarenhas High, Corilis Force Before the onset of the summer monsoon over India, a low-pressure zone forms on either side of the equator, roughly along 5º N and 5º S. Meteorologists refer to this as an equatorial double trough. The double... by _resortholidaycherra | Sep 9, 2019 | Monsoon Magic
Cherrapunjee vs Mawsynram Perhaps the most well known feature of orographic rain in northeast India is the extremely large amount of rainfall at Cherrapunjee. Cherrapunjee is located at 25º 15′ N, 91º 44′ E and Mawsynram at 25º 18′ N, 91º 35′... by _resortholidaycherra | Sep 9, 2019 | Monsoon Magic
The Seasons The word ‘monsoon’ comes from the Arabic word ‘mausam’ – meaning season. Our earth revolves around the sun in an elliptical orbit and is nearest to the Sun around the first of January and farthest from the sun on the first of... by _resortholidaycherra | Sep 9, 2019 | Monsoon Magic
How do people live here? With the onset of pre-monsoon rains in the months of March, April and May, which are known as Nor’Westers, it rains mostly at night with thunderstorms and strong winds. These squalls have intense precipitation and last for a few hours.... by _resortholidaycherra | Sep 9, 2019 | Monsoon Magic
Observations about Rainfall at Cherrapunjee On a perusual of the monthly rainfall charts of Cherrapunjee given one can observe that there are cyclic low rainfall years at Cherrapunjee. The lowest in the above-mentioned years was in 1962 at 6,807.0 mm. The highest... by _resortholidaycherra | Sep 9, 2019 | Monsoon Magic
Analysis of Rainfall at Cherrapunjee I had collected daily rainfall data of Cherrapunjee from 1978. I was interested in finding out the number of days it had rained in different ranges of rainfall. I had a developed a program to find it out in dbase IV. I had noted...
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