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What is Cardinal Winds?

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

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The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.

A measurement determined by the wave lengths and sea conditions caused by the effect of wind, and by the movement of tree...

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

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

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

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

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

The belt between 50-70 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, adjacent to the Polar Region. Although...

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

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...