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Weather words: Anabatic wind

Anabatic winds refer to any upslope wind (flowing uphill), typically driven by heating from solar radiation during the day.
The Arctic Oscillation is a metric used to describe the strength of the polar vortex, or mass of arctic air that rotates ...
An avalanche is a sudden, fast-moving slide of snow down a mountain slope, triggered when weather conditions weaken the ...
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Weather words: Chinook winds

Chinook winds are warm, dry downslope winds that can cause temperatures to rise rapidly east of the Rocky Mountains, ...
Freezing rain and sleet are both types of wintry precipitation, but have vastly different consequences. Read this article to ...
Behind the scenes, forecasters have many different tools they use to predict the weather. First Alert Meteorologist Derek ...
These are called lenticular clouds. In order for a lenticular cloud to form, you need a somewhat moist and stable airmass. In ...
What constitutes a “normal” weather day? Turns out there’s a way in which meteorologists calculate that! First Alert ...