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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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Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

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

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

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

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

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

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour, characterized by a central eye, strong winds, and...