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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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Temperature scale, abbreviated as °C, found by accepting the freezing point of water at one atmospheric pressure as zero...

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

A continental air mass is a large body of air that forms over land, characterized by dry conditions due to the lack of moisture...

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

A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy...

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

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

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...