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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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The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.

A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy...

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...

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

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

The narrow region between 35-40 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, lying between the tropical...