CLIMATE

The Jet Stream is a geostrophic wind blowing hori- zontally through the upper layers of the troposphere, generally from west to East. Western and Central Asia remains under westerly winds along an altitude of 9- 13 km from west to East. These winds blow across the Asian mainland at authorizations north of the Himalayas roughly resemblant to the Tibetan mounds.

In India, from the Mediterranean Sea, tropical cy- clones enter the Indian subcontinent from the west and the northwest during the winter months, origi nate. A western disturbance is an extratropical storm forming in the Mediterranean region that brings sud- den winter rain to the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent.

The Gulf of Khambhat, historically known as the Gulf of Cambay, is a bay on the Arabian Sea cont of India, bordering the state of Gujarat just nor of Mumbai and Diu Island.

The Gulf of Mannar lies between the southeaster tip of India and the west coast of Sri Lanka, in the Coromandel Coast region.

Mawsynram is known as the world's wettest place It is situated in The Khasi Hills in Meghalaya. It re ceives an average rainfall of 11,872 millimetres. The majority of its rainfall is received from the Bay of Bengal.

Tamilnadu receives rainfall during October and No- vember due to the North-East monsoon from the fol lowing options.