What is Microburst?
A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated with thunderstorms.
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A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.
Observation of the sky from the observer's location where there are no clouds, and there is no obstruction to visibility....
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.
An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.
Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.
A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.
Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...
A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...