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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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The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

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

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

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

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

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.

A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...

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