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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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Glossary

A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

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

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

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

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

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...