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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Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.
A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...
The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...
A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...
The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...
A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.
The narrow region between 35-40 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, lying between the tropical...
The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...