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What is Cardinal Winds?

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

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

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.

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

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

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The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy...

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

A sudden and rapid flow of snow masses accumulated on the slopes of mountainous areas under the influence of gravity or a...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.