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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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Glossary

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

Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...

Temperature scale, abbreviated as °C, found by accepting the freezing point of water at one atmospheric pressure as zero...

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

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

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

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

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

A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...