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What is Occluded Front?

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix of weather conditions.

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Nor'easter is a meteorological event commonly observed in the Northeastern United States and typically occurs during the...

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

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

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

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

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

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

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

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...