What is Katabatic Wind?

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

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

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

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...