What is La Niña?
A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global weather patterns such as reduced rainfall in some areas and increased rainfall in others.
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Observation of the sky from the observer's location where there are no clouds, and there is no obstruction to visibility....
The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...
The term used for turbulence occurring in the absence of clouds or cloud-like elements in the visible area. It is often observed...
Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...
An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....
A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...
A cold core high is a high-pressure system with cold air at its center. These systems are typically associated with clear...
Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...