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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Glossary

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

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

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

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

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

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

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

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