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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A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...
A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...
Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...
A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...
Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...
A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.
A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...
Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...