Haboob Haboob A haboob () is a type of intense dust storm carried on an atmospheric gravity current, also known as a weather front. Haboobs occur regularly in dry land area regions throughout the world. During thunderstorm formation, winds move in a direction opposite to the storm's travel, and they move from all directions into the thunderstorm. When the storm collapses and begins to release precipitation, wind directions reverse, gusting outward from the storm and generally gusting the strongest in the direction of the storm's travel. When this downdraft of cold air, or downburst, reaches the ground, it blows dry, loose
Climatic regions of India The region towards the North, East and South of the Tropical Desert zone running from Southern Punjab, Haryana and, Western Uttar Pradesh to Gird and Malwa regions in Western Madhya Pradesh and eastern fringes of Rajasthan and from there onwards to the Central Gujarat and Kathiawar regions of Gujarat state experience this climate type. India's capital city Delhi lies in this climatic zone. This climate is a transitional climate falling between tropical desert and humid sub-tropical zone, with temperatures which are less extreme than the desert climate. The annual rainfall is between 30 and 65 cm but is very unreliable