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 term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...
A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...
A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...
A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...
An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.
The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.
A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.
A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
Particles such as pollen, grass seeds, or dust in the air that cause allergies and are transported by winds.