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    Western disturbances are low pressure systems that originate in the Mediterranean, Caspian, and Black Sea regions and move eastward across Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northern India between November and May. They bring rain and changes in wind and temperature. When the disturbances reach India, they are in an occluded stage with no warm front visible at the surface. They induce low pressure areas over southern Pakistan and Rajasthan that bring most of the rainfall to Punjab and northern India. After crossing northern India, some disturbances move east over Assam while others turn northeast toward the Himalayas.

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    Western disturbances are low pressure systems that originate in the Mediterranean, Caspian, and Black Sea regions and move eastward across Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northern India between November and May. They bring rain and changes in wind and temperature. When the disturbances reach India, they are in an occluded stage with no warm front visible at the surface. They induce low pressure areas over southern Pakistan and Rajasthan that bring most of the rainfall to Punjab and northern India. After crossing northern India, some disturbances move east over Assam while others turn northeast toward the Himalayas.

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    Western disturbances are low pressure systems that originate in the Mediterranean, Caspian, and Black Sea regions and move eastward across Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northern India between November and May. They bring rain and changes in wind and temperature. When the disturbances reach India, they are in an occluded stage with no warm front visible at the surface. They induce low pressure areas over southern Pakistan and Rajasthan that bring most of the rainfall to Punjab and northern India. After crossing northern India, some disturbances move east over Assam while others turn northeast toward the Himalayas.

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    Western disturbances are low pressure systems that originate in the Mediterranean, Caspian, and Black Sea regions and move eastward across Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northern India between November and May. They bring rain and changes in wind and temperature. When the disturbances reach India, they are in an occluded stage with no warm front visible at the surface. They induce low pressure areas over southern Pakistan and Rajasthan that bring most of the rainfall to Punjab and northern India. After crossing northern India, some disturbances move east over Assam while others turn northeast toward the Himalayas.

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    WESTERN DISTURBANCES (WD)

    WESTERN DISTURBANCES are low


    pressure areas in westerly wind regime
    Source region of these disturbances are
    Mediterranean sea , Caspian Sea and
    Black Sea
    They generally move from west to east
    across Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and
    North India
    When 2 or more closed isobars can be
    drawn at 2 hPa interval on isobaric charts,
    they are called Western Depressions

    SEASON, FREQUENCY OF WD & WIND


    CHANGE WITH APPROACH OF WD
    They occur generally from November to May
    Average Frequency
    month
    Av
    freq

    Nov

    Dec

    Jan

    Feb

    Mar

    April

    May
    2

    With approach of WD, low level winds veer from


    W/NW to S/SW

    STRUCTURE OF WD
    They have frontal structure with warm and cold
    fronts over the Mediterranean Sea
    Their structure is similar to extra tropical
    depressions

    SYSTEMS OVER INDIA


    Systems which arrive over India are in occluded
    stage and warm front is not traceable on the
    surface charts
    warm
    cold

    cold

    TRACK OF WD OVER INDIA


    Induced lows: As WD moves across extra
    tropical latitudes, induced lows develop over
    south Pakistan and Rajasthan. Punjab and
    North India get bulk of rain from WD
    After crossing North India , some of these WDs
    move eastwards over Assam and adjoining
    areas.Some others move ENE wards towards
    Himalayas
    They affect the extreme northern parts of India in
    November and their track shifts southwards
    during December to March
    The track again starts shifting northwards from
    April to May as the season advances

    SEQUENCE OF WEATHER WITH


    APPROACHING WD
    Rise in temperature (TT, TnTn)
    Fall of surface pressure
    The sequence of clouds in advance of the warm
    front is CI, CS, CC, AC, AS, NS mixed with ST,
    SC and CU

    SEQUENCE OF PRECIPITATION
    Light rain or drizzle over extended area
    even up to 200 km with approaching warm front
    Intermittent light rain or showers in the warm
    sector
    Heavy showers of short duration accompanied
    by thunderstorms ,squall and hail during
    passage of cold front

    SEQUENCE OF WEATHER AFTER THE


    PASSAGE OF WD
    Rise in surface pressure
    Fall in surface temperature
    Occurrence of radiation fog ( to the rear of WD )
    over NW India , UP , Bihar, N. Bengal and Assam
    Cold waves : temperatures fall rapidly to the rear
    of WD due to rushing in of cold air from north /
    northwesterly direction .This results in cold wave
    conditions.
    Cold wave is defined with respect to departure of
    TnTn from normal values of Tn Tn

    AVIATION HAZARDS AND WD


    Thunderstorms accompanied by heavy
    showers ,squalls and hail
    Low clouds
    Poor visibility
    Turbulence and icing in CB clouds

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