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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The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.
A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...
Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...
A very cold high pressure that 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...
The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.
Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...
The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...
Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...
In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...