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 bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
The amount of water vapor present in the air, which can affect comfort levels and weather conditions.
A sudden and rapid flow of snow masses accumulated on the slopes of mountainous areas under the influence of gravity or a...
A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...
The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...
Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...
The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.
A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.
A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.
An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.