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What is Blowing Dust Or Sand?

Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.

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Glossary

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour, characterized by a central eye, strong winds, and...