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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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A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

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

A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

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

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

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

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