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...
A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...
The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...
A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...
Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.
The belt between 50-70 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, adjacent to the Polar Region. Although...
A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.
A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy...
A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...