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

The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...

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The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.

A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...

Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...

Nor'easter is a meteorological event commonly observed in the Northeastern United States and typically occurs during the...

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

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