Course: Mechanical EngineeringModule: Into to IT

ID: 0814502

Name: Bhinkah Avish Raj

Convectional Rainfall

Relief Rainfall

Cyclonic Rainfall

The sun heats up

the ground

Warmer air rises

Air cools and condenses with height forming

clouds

Cumulo-nimbus

clouds are formed. Water

droplets accumulate and fall as rain due to

gravity

Moist warm air from the sea

Warm air forced to

rise beacause of

relief feature, cools,

condenses and rain occurs

Air drops down over the high ground, gaining temperature and increasing amount of water it can hold. This means there is little or less rain.

Windward sideLeeward

side

Forced to rise over cold air

(dense and heavy)

Air cools and condenses forming clouds and rain

1.There are 3 common types of rainfall in Mauritius.1.There are 3 common types of rainfall in Mauritius.

2.Convectional rainfall occurs during the whole year.

3. January and february are the wettest months of the year.

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4.We get relief rainfall both during the night and day.

5. The windward side receives less rainfall than the leeward side.

6. All types of rainfall have the common theme of air being forced to rise .

7. Lack of rainfall causes droughts.

8. Monsoon rains do not give rise to floods.

9.A rain gauge is used to record the direction of the wind.

10. Rainfall is measured in litres (l).

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