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What is Sublimation?

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water vapor.

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

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

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...

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

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

A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy...

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...

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

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...