What is Downburst?
A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused by a tornado.
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Bright and dark rays with changing colors and contrast in the sky. These rays become visible due to the reflection of atmospheric...
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...
The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
A periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, significantly influencing global...
The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.
Condensation pressure deficit refers to the difference between the actual vapor pressure and the saturation vapor pressure...
Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...