The southwest monsoon formally withdrew from Delhi on 23 September, two days early. Three days later, IMD had extremely heavy rain warnings out for Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, heavy rain warnings for Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh, and heavy to very heavy rainfall expected over parts of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Jharkhand.
For anyone storing goods, this is the year's most misunderstood period. The calendar says the monsoon is finished, so covers come off, shutters open and vigilance drops. Meanwhile the building is still releasing three months of absorbed moisture into the air, and fresh systems keep arriving.
High relative humidity damages quietly. Cartons soften and labels lift. Tools and dies corrode. Powders cake and lose flowability. Paper records and textiles grow fungus. Electronic assemblies pick up condensation.
The loss surfaces weeks later, at dispatch or at audit. Temperature control is not moisture control. An air-conditioned room can still sit at a damaging RH.
JET INDIA Mumbai is an authorised distributor of White Westinghouse USA industrial and commercial dehumidifiers, supplied across India.
For anyone storing goods, this is the year's most misunderstood period. The calendar says the monsoon is finished, so covers come off, shutters open and vigilance drops. Meanwhile the building is still releasing three months of absorbed moisture into the air, and fresh systems keep arriving.
High relative humidity damages quietly. Cartons soften and labels lift. Tools and dies corrode. Powders cake and lose flowability. Paper records and textiles grow fungus. Electronic assemblies pick up condensation.
The loss surfaces weeks later, at dispatch or at audit. Temperature control is not moisture control. An air-conditioned room can still sit at a damaging RH.
JET INDIA Mumbai is an authorised distributor of White Westinghouse USA industrial and commercial dehumidifiers, supplied across India.
