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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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A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

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

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

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

A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...

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

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...