PRE MONSOON SHOWER
- May 22, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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PRE MONSOON SHOWER
Subject: Geography
Context: Good pre-monsoon showers and lower temperatures this month across the country will help retain soil moisture, helping kharif sowing which is expected to commence soon.
Concept:
- Pre-monsoon shower or summer rain is formed due to the storm over the Bay of Bengal.
- It is a mixture of dry and moist winds. It at times gives rise to local storms, such as the occurrence of violent winds, heavy rain and hailstorms.
- These showers’ effect can be seen in two ways such as in some states of northern India it reduces the intensity of heat waves, but it also come with the blessing of showers in the Eastern and Southern India for the farmers.
- Different names of pre-monsoon shower are ,
- Tea Shower in Assam
- Kalbaishakh in West Bengal
- Mango Shower in Kerala and Coastal areas of Karnataka
- Cherry Blossoms/ Coffee showers in Kerala and some part of Karanataka.