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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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The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

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

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...

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

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

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