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

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

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

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

A thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere near the Earth's surface, significantly reducing visibility.

The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...

Condensation pressure deficit refers to the difference between the actual vapor pressure and the saturation vapor pressure...

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.