What is Microburst?

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated with thunderstorms.

Glossary

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

Temperature scale, abbreviated as °C, found by accepting the freezing point of water at one atmospheric pressure as zero...

The term 'cloudy' refers to weather conditions characterized by a significant amount of cloud cover in the sky. This may...

Condensation pressure deficit refers to the difference between the actual vapor pressure and the saturation vapor pressure...

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