Evaluate spread of monsoon over the Indian sub-continent from Kerala to Jammu and Kashmir.
1. The monsoon arrives at the southern tip of the Indian peninsula generally by the first week of June.
2. Subsequently, it proceeds into two branches, Arabian Sea Branch and the Bay of Bengal branch.
3. The Arabian Sea branch reaches Mumbai about ten days later on approximately the 10th of June. The Bay of Bengal Branch also arrives in Assam in the first week of June.
4. By mid June the Arabian Sea branch of the monsoon arrives over Saurashtra, kuchchh and the central part of the country.
5. The Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal branches of the monsoon merge over the north western part of the Ganga plains.
6. By the first week of July, western Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Eastern Rajasthan experience the monsoon.
