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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.

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The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

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

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

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

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

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

A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.

Weather is the day-to-day meteorological conditions that happen in our atmosphere. Weather can change within minutes, which...

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