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 bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.
Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...
A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...
Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.
A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.
A weather system refers to the movement of warm and cold air across the globe, usually in a recurring pattern. Systems can...
A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.
Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...
The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...