What is Katabatic Wind?
A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.
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A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.
The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.
The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.
A sudden and rapid flow of snow masses accumulated on the slopes of mountainous areas under the influence of gravity or a...
A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.
An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...
The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...
The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...
A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...
A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...