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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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Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

Particles such as pollen, grass seeds, or dust in the air that cause allergies and are transported by winds.

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

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

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...

Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...

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