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What is Isobar?

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

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Glossary

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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