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What is Orographic Lift?

The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.

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Glossary

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...

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

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

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

Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...

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