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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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Glossary

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

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

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

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

The formation of fog when warm and moist air passes over a cool or cold surface or, conversely, when cold air passes over...

A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...