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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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Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.

Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

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

Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere and weather processes. It involves observing, analyzing, and forecasting...

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

Observation of the sky from the observer's location where there are no clouds, and there is no obstruction to visibility....