On the latter was a tree of considerable size, doubtless brought from the shore of the Gulf by the North-West monsoon.
During our visit to this part of the continent we found the climate well suited for Europeans; but what it might be in the middle of the north-west monsoon we had no opportunity of ascertaining.
There may be an anchorage on the south side of the island, which we did not visit, that would be available during the North-West monsoon.
In the year 1839, moreover, a small proa was driven off the coast of Timor Laut during the north-west monsoon.
I asked particularly about the seasons of the year, and when they expected the north-north-west monsoon.
This was one sign of the approach of the north-north-west monsoon.
The river became wider and wider, and the fresh salt breeze from the ocean became ever more perceptible; but the wind increased, for the south-west monsoon was at its height.
The water poured on your hand represents the rain of the south-west monsoon, which falls more abundantly on the eastern part of the country than on the western.
This was one of Livingstone's most daring exploits, for the distance to Bombay was 2500 miles across the open sea, and in the beginning of January the south-west monsoon might be expected with its rough, stormy seas.
Fortune favored me however, for I passed through the Carimata Strait in the short space of five days against the north-west monsoon, which was a head-wind.
When he is in the northern hemisphere, the south-west monsoon, which is the rainy monsoon, or crop monsoon, prevails.
The harbour or anchorage is about five miles from the mouth of the small river on the banks of which the town stands, and is a dangerous one in boisterous weather, having little or no protection from the fury of the north-west monsoon.
Bencoolen harbour is a dangerous one, particularly during the prevalence of the boisterous north-west monsoon, which blows with such violence on this part of the west coast of Sumatra.
The south-west monsoon sweeps up the Nerbudda valley from Bombay and crossing the tableland at Neemuch gives copious supplies to Malwa, Jhalawar and Kotah and the countries which lie in the course of the Chambal river.
But the rainy season proper, caused by the south-west monsoon, lasts from June to mid-September, and commencing in the north moves southward.
Thus the south-west monsoon begins in the Arabian Sea with west and north-westerly winds, which draw round as the year advances to south-west and fall back again in the autumn by north-west to north.
The trip down the river or up was particularly enjoyable; the respite from office duties imparted a new sensation; and, if made in the south-west monsoon, nothing so exhilarating after the close hot Factories as this breeze fresh from the sea.
The 'Rose' was soon ready for sea; we made sail and started with a moderate south-west monsoon.
Several months elapsed, when the close of the south-west monsoon foretold 'business,' and the Factories began to look out for return cargoes for their ships of new teas daily arriving.
For the next two days the French were baffled by the winds; but on the 17th the south-west monsoon resumed, and Suffren again drew near.
The most remarkable rainy season, is that called in India the South-west Monsoon.
This western coast is fully exposed to the south-west monsoon, and is by no means a desirable locality to be in at that season.
The forest on the southern and western shores presents a striking contrast to the jungle of the other islands, and bears witness to the strength of the south-west monsoon.
Good shelter is afforded during the south-west monsoon--the most important consideration; and at other times only strong northerly winds need be feared.
The country to the east of the gap receives the rainfall of the south-west monsoon; and during the north-east monsoon ships passing Beypur meet with a stronger wind from the land than is felt elsewhere on the Malabar coast.
I would therefore recommend that, if possible, the moat be deepened so far during the south-west monsoon that it would be on a level with the river, by which four or six feet of water would always stand in it.
In the northern summer the south-west monsoon, warm and sultry, blows over the latitudes from about 10 deg.
The wet season, during which heavy rain falls almost daily, lasts from April to October, coinciding with the south-west monsoon.
Exceptions to the general rule of rainier eastern coasts in trade-wind latitudes are found in the monsoon regions, as in India, for example, where the western coast of the peninsula is abundantly watered by the wet south-west monsoon.
On the 21st of June Clive arrived on the bank opposite Plassey, in the midst of that outburst of rain which ushers in the south-west monsoon of India.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "west monsoon" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
