First Monsoon Shower in Karachi Ends Heat & Depression

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mon·soon

mänˈso͞on/

noun

noun: monsoon; plural noun: monsoons; noun: wet monsoon; plural noun: wet monsoons; noun: dry monsoon; plural noun: dry monsoons

1. a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain (the wet monsoon ), or from the northeast between October and April (the dry monsoon ).

   • the rainy season accompanying the wet monsoon.

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St.Joseph's Church in Saddar, #Karachi
Yesterday just before the rain arrived. pic.twitter.com/O7n5OPnlDa

— Sabena Siddiqi (@sabena_siddiqi) June 29, 2017

monsoon depression
A depression that forms within the monsoon trough. These occasionally intensify into tropical cyclones if they remain over warm ocean water long enough. The term is also used to describe depressions that form within the monsoon trough