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What is Lightning?

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground.

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Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...

A cold core high is a high-pressure system with cold air at its center. These systems are typically associated with clear...

The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.