Meanings of west monsoon in English

This was one sign of the approach of the north-north- west monsoon.

The middle of November the west monsoon begins and rain.

The majority of the kites appear to migrate from the Nilgiris during the south- west monsoon.

This is the commencement of the south- west monsoon, which usually sets in with great violence.

The commencement of the south- west monsoon is described as being sublime and awful beyond description.

It is during the south- west monsoon that the heavier rains, accompanied by electrical disturbances, occur.

He worked with topgallant sails against the north- west monsoon.

I asked particularly about the seasons of the year, and when they expected the north-north- west monsoon.

From June to November the south- west monsoon brings wind and mist across the Newera Ellia mountains.

These changes were accompanied with thunder, lightning and rain; indications, as I feared, of the approaching north- west monsoon.

It is remarkable that the dry season (October to April) is coincident with the period of the west monsoon.

Being there to windward, for the south- west monsoon had then set in, it covered the operations against disturbance from the sea.

But the rainy season proper, caused by the south- west monsoon, lasts from June to mid-September, and commencing in the north moves southward.

Despite reports that the south- west monsoon has been less than satisfactory so far, heavy rains have been battering Assam for the past fortnight.

The north-east monsoon prevails from October to May, throughout nearly the same space, that the south- west monsoon prevails in during the former season.

The harbour is not available during the south- west monsoon, and then all the boats go off to Ras Borum or the Basalt Head.