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What is Katabatic Wind?

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

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A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.

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

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

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

A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.

An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...

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

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

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