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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 middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.

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

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.

An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...

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