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Original – A strong Western Disturbance affecting northern India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Strong Western Disturbances in winter like the one pictured bring moderate to heavy rain in low-lying areas and heavy snow to mountainous areas of the Indian Subcontinent.
Reason
Strong western disturbances like the one pictured are rare, and the image is of great quality.
Articles in which this image appears
Western Disturbance
FP category for this image
Weather
Creator
NASA, MODIS Rapid Response System
  • Comment-That is not a disturbance, but a extratropical cyclone. Besides, it doesn't have the original, higher resolution, and shape of the official NASA, Earthobservatory images. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Earth100 (talkcontribs)

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:09, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]