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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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Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

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

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

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

The scientific study of climate, focusing on the analysis of long-term weather patterns and trends over time.

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...