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

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

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

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

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

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

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

The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...