Maharashtra State PSC Model Paper 1

The correct answer is West to East.

• Western Disturbance -
  • It is an extratropical storm originating in the Mediterranean region.
  • It brings sudden winter rain to the north-western parts of the Indian sub-continent and others.
  • It is a non-monsoonal precipitation pattern due to the westerlies.
  • Extratropical storms are a global phenomenon with moisture usually carried in the upper atmosphere.
  • In the Indian subcontinent, moisture is sometimes shed as rain when the storm system encounters the Himalayas.