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

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

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...

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

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

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

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

Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...

A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...

Temperature scale, abbreviated as °C, found by accepting the freezing point of water at one atmospheric pressure as zero...

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...

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