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Q: What does the moist air that forms a monsoon over the north Indian plain originate?
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The winter monsoon blows what kind air across India?

During the summer, seasonal winds called monsoon blow moist air across India from the Indian Ocean.


What are seasonal winds in south Asia called?

They are called monsoons and it all depends on if it is a winter monsoon or a summer monsoon. A summer monsoon is a rainy and moist, while a winter monsoon is a dry.


Is southern china wet and warm because of the monsoons?

Yes. The East Asian monsoon is a monsoonal flow that carries moist air from the indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean to East Asia.


Is a monsoon caused by an earthquake?

No. A monsoon is a type of weather pattern that results from seasonal shifts in wind direction that alternately bring dry and moist air.


What is mechanism of monsoon?

In met. term the monsoon is called South west monsoon as it approaches from SW direction. In this the moist air from Southern hemisphere first travelling in SE direction and after crossing equator travels in SW direction and hits the Indian coast from south west side. At the same time two different air-masses are present from northern hemishere to welcome the SW monsoon. The form a convergence zone called as intera-tropical-convergence-zone. The monsoon months in India are from June to Sep. (by mid of July monsoon is spread all over India).


What is summer monsoon?

There are two parts to a monsoon; the summer monsoon and the winter monsoon. In the summer monsoon, the land in a tropical location becomes warmer than the ocean. This creates rasing air currents called updrafts. This draws moist air off the ocean. This air then rises and cools, dropping its moisture in the form of heavy rain. In the winter monsoon, dry air is drawn off the land, resulting in little or no rain.


Is it moist or dry when a tornado forms?

Generally the air is moist as tornadoes require thunderstorms to form.


What are the comparative and superlative forms of moist?

moister, moistest


Do budgies live in moist places?

Not technically, seeing as budgies originate in Australia's grasslands.


Where does the fennel vegetable originate from?

you can grow it in north America and in hot yet moist climates


What causes the heavy rains that Mumbai experiences during a monsoon?

During the summer monsoon, rising air currents on land draw very moist air off the tropical Arabian Sea. All the moisture in the air is then dropped as heavy rain.


Where does the warm moist air originate?

It originates in the Gulf of Mexico and is Martitime tropical (a kind of air mass).