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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Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...
Temperature scale, abbreviated as °C, found by accepting the freezing point of water at one atmospheric pressure as zero...
The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...
Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...
A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...
Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...
A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...
A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...