North East Monsoon.... (Focal Budget vs Monsoon)

My dear social friends, brothers and sisters :)...

I trust everyone is doing well.  In this blog, I am going to share little about the importance of North East Monsoon (NEM) and their direct impact to agriculture and farming.

In India, we get two monsoons. 1. South West Monsoon 2. North East Monsoon

We are expecting good North-East monsoon by this month, and I have already started my short-term experiment, which I explained in my previous blog.


But what exactly is the northeast monsoon (NEM), why does it occur, and what is its significance? Listed below are answers to such frequently asked questions.

What is the North East Monsoon? (NEM)

Similar to the southwest monsoon (SWM) that drenches India from June to September, the northeast monsoon is another major and permanent feature of the Indian subcontinent’s climate system.

Its name is derived from the direction of the monsoon winds, which blow from the northeast to the southwest. During their movement, these winds pick up moisture from the Bay of Bengal and dump it over the southern states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, and even south Telangana and Karnataka during the three-month period between October and December.

It is also referred to as the winter monsoon, retreating monsoon, or reverse monsoon (due to the reversal of wind direction as compared to the preceding southwest monsoon).

NEM’s normal onset date over India falls on October 20. I clicked few photos with clouds.


 


 

What is the significance of the northeast monsoon?

The northeast monsoon offers a mere 11% contribution to India’s annual rainfall, as opposed to the 75% offered by the southwest monsoon. This is because the NEM rains are exclusive to the five aforementioned South Indian states, among which Tamil Nadu happens to be the biggest beneficiary.

As per the IMD, the Tamil Nadu subdivision receives at least 48% of its annual rainfall (on average) from NEM. Being in the rain shadow region of the Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu gets only 36% of its annual rainfall from the southwest monsoon. This makes the NEM the chief monsoon season for the southern state, with its performance playing a key role in TN’s agricultural activities and reservoir management.

 




OK, what is the moral here?....

  • As an IT professional, we always expect a good focal (salary increase) budget. Focal budget plays a big role for next one year, setup team morale and everyone is aware of that. Budget is determined by various global factors these days.
  • Similarly, farmers expect good monsoon and rainfall. Monsoon plays a big role for farmers and agriculture for next one year. These days monsoons also impacted by various global factors. 

As a farmer, I am expecting a good monsoon, since my farm gets monsoon only from NEM. We do not get any rainfall from SWM.

 


I do see lots of clouds these days, but yet to get good rain-fall. Hoping for the best and praying Rain-GOD every day. :)

OK, my dear social friends, brothers and sisters :)... We will catch up in the next one... 

Take care!


 

 

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