SW MONSOON

1. In northern summer, the ITCZ moves north of the Equator because the ITCZ follow the movement of
the Sun.

2. The intense low-pressure system is formed over the Asia land mass because the land is heated by the
Sun. The air mass over the land rise because in contact with the hot land.

3. The SE trade wind, which normally blow from high pressure to low pressure. Once the SE trade wind
cross the Equator and enter the Northern Hemisphere and headed towards the Low pressure area in
Asia land mass, it will deflected to its right because of the Coriolis force to became SW monsoon.

4. The warm air travel across many miles over the ocean, they absorb moisture while travel along, as
the warm moist air mass approached the coast, it forced to rise and the moisture condensed causing
heavy rain. The wind force is generally 6-7.

5. The weather that is experienced as a result of SW monsoon generally very wet and very stormy, the
season is from May to October.
NE monsoon of the China Seas and Indian Ocean

1. During the northern winter the Asian continent is cooled and an intense high pressure area forms over
Eastern Siberia. The winds circulating round this form the NE monsoon.

2. In the northern part of the China Sea pressure gradient is large and winds are likely to be north westerly
force 6-7; further south where the pressure gradient is smaller the winds will be northerly force 5-6. In
the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea, winds are north easterly, force 3-4.

3. Initially, the air has low humidity so precipitation is light and cloud cover is minimal.

4. The humidity increases with passage over water, cloud cover and precipitation increase over the South
China Sea. Visibility is generally excellent unless rainfall of the showery type on windward coasts
especially in the South China Sea.

5. The NE monsoon becomes established in early December and continues until April.