Last year, the subcontinent's annual summer
monsoon arrived months late, parching farms and causing widespread blackouts by reducing hydroelectric supplies.
It was April, the tail end of the dry season, and it was only a matter of time before
the monsoon arrived, bringing with it rains and relief from the heat and humidity.
Rainy conditions continue through to the end of October, then the northeast
monsoon arrives bringing with it drier and cooler days.
Phuket has a tropical climate, which means warm, dry winters and hot, humid summers when
the monsoons arrive.
The India Meteorological Department's (IMD) seasonal forecast shows the worst is yet to come, as vast swathes of the country are set to reel under scorching heat from April to June before
the monsoon arrives... The forecast is a reflection of the searing heat in most parts of India, including the national capital, since March.
The monsoon arrives in Goa, India: More heat and moisture can be a deadly mix.
«When the big winds of the west
monsoon arrive, fishermen can't fish, so there is no income, no food, there is nothing to do,» says fisherman Sumani.
Not exact matches
At Pfennig's invitation, I had
arrived at the American Museum of Natural History's Southwestern Research Station in mid-July — just after the early summer
monsoons had turned cattle wallows into nursery ponds and newly hatched tadpoles into cannibals.
Now the region is experiencing unusually heavy rains as the
monsoon has finally
arrived — also an expected impact of El Niño.
That more normal
monsoon pattern
arrived just in time to catch the record volumes of rainwater streaming down the Indus river system from the heavily hit northwest.
I'm still enjoying the last few summer (rather
monsoon) days, but can't wait for autumn to
arrive!
The first 60 vehicles to
arrive in Australia will be very highly specified and are available in a choice of four colours: Glacier White, Ice Silver Metallic,
Monsoon Grey and Panther Black.
Divers who want to spend some time enjoying the beaches and tourist activities in high season should avoid July to November when the rainy season and
monsoon winds
arrive.
In the late summer I'm loooking for signs that our
monsoon rains will
arrive, in the fall and spring I look for freezing temps that will affect my garden, in the winter I'm seeing if I need to bring in wood for the stove, and in early summer, I'm keeping an eye on high temperatures and winds that will dry out my trees and garden quickly.
I've seen wheat fields ruined by a night of hail, rice fields destroyed by raiding wild pigs, cauliflower plants killed by frost, chick peas ravaged by root fungi and seeds that died before the
monsoon rains
arrived.
If the planetary temperatures rise beyond the 1.5 °C to 2 °C limit proposed by the Paris agreement signed by 197 nations in 2015, then climate change could
arrive in Mali, Niger and Chad in the shape of intense rains of the kind identified as seasonal
monsoons.
Monsoon rains
arriving later, and ending sooner than usual, is disrupting crop production and farm productivity, which, in Bhutan, mostly means rice.
The good news is that the northern
monsoon has finally
arrived.
Well, the
monsoons have now
arrived in Vancouver, Victoria, and the rest of la - la land after virtually no rain since «Junary» (the name given to that wet month between May and July that no one with any sense plans a wedding in).
After keeping all the
monsoon lovers waiting,
monsoon season has finally
arrived.