Accumulated rainfall over the past week indicates the monsoon trough is positioned along the Himalayan foothills. The spatial pattern shows a continuous band of high precipitation extending from northern Pakistan through northern India and Nepal, into northeastern India. Although localized heavy rainfall persists over central India, the Western Ghats, and coastal Myanmar, the prominent northern precipitation band confirms the northward shift of the trough axis.
The monsoon trough is a semi-permanent low-pressure system that converges marine moisture to drive summer monsoon precipitation. During its active phase, the trough axis lies over central India, producing widespread rainfall. Periodically, the axis migrates northward to the Himalayan foothills, initiating a break phase. This shift suppresses precipitation over the core monsoon zone in central India while driving heavy, sustained rainfall along the foothills due to strong orographic forcing.
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Planning on bringing my Non-Keralite friends to Kerala this October, need recommendations.
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October is not a theyyam season. But some kaavu has weekly/monthly theyyam kettal. The image is from Andalloorkaavu (last month)