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3. What type is called the India’s climate?
4. How many seasons are there in India?
5. Where does the loo blow?
6. What is the rainfall in summer called?

F. Answer the questions in brief :
1. What type of climate is found in India?
2. How does the Tropic of Cancer affect the climate in India?
3. What factors influence the climate? Give examples.

4. Describe the season of south-west monsoon.
5. How important is the timely arrival of monsoons in India?
6. What are the four major zones of rainfall in India?

G. Answer the questions in detail :
1. What is the difference between extreme climate and equable climate?
2. Give an account of the retreating monsoon season.
3. How many seasons are there in India? Explain them.

4. How do the direction of winds influence the climatic conditions?
5. What is the duration of each season in India?
6. Describe the distribution of rainfall in India.

1. Why are places, closer to the Equator, warmer than those away from it?

2. The coastal areas in Tamil Nadu remain dry during the rainy season. Why?

Weather Forecasting

Weather forecasting is the attempt by meteorologists to
predict the state of the atmosphere at some future time
and the weather conditions that may be expected. Weather
forecasting is the single most important practical reason for
the existence of meteorology as a science. It is obvious that
knowing the future of the weather can be important for
individuals and organizations. Accurate weather forecasts
can tell a farmer the best time to plant, an airport control
tower what information to send to planes that are landing and taking off, and residents of a coastal
region when a hurricane might strike.
Scientifically-based weather forecasting was not possible until meteorologists were able to collect data
about current weather conditions from a relatively widespread system of observing stations and
organize that data in a timely fashion. By the 1930s, these conditions had been met. Vilhelm and Jacob
Bjerknes developed a weather station network in the 1920s that allowed for the collection of regional
weather data. The weather data collected by network could be transmitted nearly instantaneously by
use of the telegraph, invented in the 1830s by Samuel F.B. Morse.
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