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What is El Niño?

A periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, significantly influencing global weather patterns, including increased rainfall in some regions and drought in others.

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The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.

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

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

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

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

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

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

The term used for turbulence occurring in the absence of clouds or cloud-like elements in the visible area. It is often observed...

An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...