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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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Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...

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

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

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

A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.

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

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

A cold core high is a high-pressure system with cold air at its center. These systems are typically associated with clear...