Impact of Western Cyclonic Disturbances on Indian Climate
Western Cyclonic Disturbances have a very significant impact on the Indian climate, especially during the winter months. Lower temperatures, cloud covers and heavy downpours are the direct consequences of these extratropical storms. These conditions have both positive and negative impact on the people living in the affected areas. While heavy rains and lower temperatures provide relief to the dry and arid regions, facilitate good agricultural produce and also help regulate groundwater levels in certain areas.
However, in other areas, heavy rains and winds can cause floods and harm the crops thus affecting the agricultural produce negatively and disrupting the lives of the people in those areas. The Delhi dust storms of 2018, flash floods in Uttarakhand in 2021 are some of the prominent examples of western cyclones uprooting all normalcy from the lives of people in those regions. Furthermore, a decrease in the temperatures brought along by these cyclones leads to cold snaps, putting the elderly and the ill in vulnerable positions.
Western Cyclonic Disturbances
Western cyclonic disturbances or extra tropical cyclones are weather phenomena which play a very vital role in influencing the Indian climate, since they provide much needed precipitation in the winter. Western cyclonic disturbances basically originate in the Mediterranean region and then move towards India by impacting the areas in between.