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

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

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

Perhaps you have come across them, maybe you are seeing them for the first time. These clouds, known as wave clouds, resemble...

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.