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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 percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.

Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...

A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...