What is Cardinal Winds?

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

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

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

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

A weather watch means there is a risk of weather hazards in the near future, which could pose a threat to life/property....

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...

Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...

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