GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The western cyclonic disturbances are weather phenomena of the winter months brought in by the westerly flow from the Mediterranean region. They usually influence the weather of the north and north-western regions of India.

Detailed explanation-2: -Western disturbances cause rainfall during winter in the north western part of india. This is a pattern driven by Westerlies. Western Disturbances are important to the development of the Rabi crop in the northern subcontinent, which includes the locally important staple wheat.

Detailed explanation-3: -What are Western Disturbances? Western disturbances are storms that originate in the Caspian or Mediterranean Sea, and bring non-monsoonal rainfall to northwest India, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).