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.

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

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

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

A periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, significantly influencing global...

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

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

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

A measurement determined by the wave lengths and sea conditions caused by the effect of wind, and by the movement of tree...