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What is Downburst?

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused by a tornado.

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Glossary

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...

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

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

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

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

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

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

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...