What is Cardinal Winds?

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

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

A sudden and rapid flow of snow masses accumulated on the slopes of mountainous areas under the influence of gravity or a...

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....

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

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

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

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.