What is Microburst?
A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated with thunderstorms.
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A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.
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 type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.
Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...
A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...
CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...
A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...
A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...