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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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The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

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...

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

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

A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...

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

A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour, characterized by a central eye, strong winds, and...

A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.

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