Haboob of Eastern Washington, almost always leading to an impact with the city of Spokane. If the storms are strong enough, they can reach as far east as Post Falls and Moscow, in North Idaho. Global dust storms on Mars have been compared to haboobs on Earth. 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
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