What is Cardinal Winds?

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

Glossary

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

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

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

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

Condensation pressure deficit refers to the difference between the actual vapor pressure and the saturation vapor pressure...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

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

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