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What is La Niña?

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global weather patterns such as reduced rainfall in some areas and increased rainfall in others.

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Glossary

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

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...

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

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

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