The Climate of the Malay Peninsula

amount of rainfall Batavia belt clearly shown CLIMATE coast Continents curve December and January deflected degrees Fahrenheit DEPT dry season east easterly equatorial equinox explained as follows Figure Forecasting free convection geographic equator heat equator moves heaviest heavy rain high mountains running higher pressure hot season India monsoon insulation received Island of Borneo Island of Java Java and Sumatra Java Sea July Karafura Sea latitude Longitude low pressure MADISON Malay Peninsula lies March and April METEOROLOGY DEFT moist month Northeast northern northernmost position northward November October prevailing winds rainfall pattern Rangoon region relative humidity sea breezes shows Siam Singapore South Indian southeast trades southern hemisphere southern tip southernmost southwest monsoon southwest winds southwesterly split Straits of Malacca sultry summer solstice sun's declination temperature at Penang temperature changes thunder UNIV western side wet and dry winds are light winds that blow winter solstice zenith