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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 lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

A weather system refers to the movement of warm and cold air across the globe, usually in a recurring pattern. Systems can...

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

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

A measurement determined by the wave lengths and sea conditions caused by the effect of wind, and by the movement of tree...

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

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