What is Cumulonimbus?
A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe weather like hail or tornadoes.
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A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...
Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...
An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....
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...
The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.
An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...
A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.
A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
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