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...
The formation of fog when warm and moist air passes over a cool or cold surface or, conversely, when cold air passes over...
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A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.
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A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...
A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...
In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...