What is La Niña?
A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global weather patterns such as reduced rainfall in some areas and increased rainfall in others.
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Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...
The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...
The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.
A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...
The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...
Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...
A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.
In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.