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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 storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

A cold core high is a high-pressure system with cold air at its center. These systems are typically associated with clear...

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

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

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.