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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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A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...