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The mechanism affecting the monsoon is that the westerly jet causes high pressure over northern parts of the subcontinent during the winter. This results in the north-to-south flow of the winds in the form of the northeast monsoon. With the northward shift of the vertical sun, this jet shifts north, too.
Map specific sources: Onset dates: Normal dates of onset of south-west monsoon over Indian region Wind currents/ITCZ: Burroughs, WJ (1999), The Climate Revealed , Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-77081-5 , p. 138.
The major monsoon systems of the world consist of the West African, Asian–Australian, the North American, and South American monsoons. The term was first used in English in British India and neighboring countries to refer to the big seasonal winds blowing from the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea in the southwest bringing heavy rainfall to the area.
Summer monsoon rain over eastern New Mexico. The North American monsoon, variously known as the Southwest monsoon, the Mexican monsoon, the New Mexican monsoon, or the Arizona monsoon [1] is a term for a pattern of pronounced increase in thunderstorms and rainfall over large areas of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
As the strong southwest winds shift to the west and ease somewhat, the North American monsoon, with its humid air and thunderstorm activity, will end, and a more progressive fall weather pattern ...
The annual flip of the wind from the west to the southeast, known as the North American monsoon, brings in enough moisture from the tropics to raise humidity levels, which helps trigger ...
The seasonally reversing open ocean currents that pass south of India are referred to as the Winter Monsoon Current and the Summer Monsoon Current (alternately, the Northeast Monsoon Current and the Southwest Monsoon Current). [1] The cold Somali Current, which is strongly linked to the Indian monsoon, is also discussed in this article.
Winds round it circle counterclockwise, from May to September or October giving persistent southwest monsoon winds from over the north Indian Ocean and South China Sea, also south-south-west or south winds over the west Pacific Ocean. [3] Its counterpart during the winter is the Siberian High. [4]