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What is Microburst?

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated with thunderstorms.

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A continental air mass is a large body of air that forms over land, characterized by dry conditions due to the lack of moisture...

Bright and dark rays with changing colors and contrast in the sky. These rays become visible due to the reflection of atmospheric...

The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.

The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

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

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.