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What is Orographic Lift?

The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.

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A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

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

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

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

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

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

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