Katabatic wind Any wind blowing down an incline; the opposite to anabatic wind. If the wind is warm, it is called a foehn; if cold, it may be a fall wind (bora), or a gravity wind (mountain wind).
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A wind that is created by air flowing downhill.
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Katabatic wind
A local wind which develops due to cool, dense air flowing downhill.
KATABATIC WIND A wind that is created by air flowing downhill. When this air is warm, it may be called a foehn wind, and regionally it may be known as a Chinook or Santa Ana.
Katabatic wind
Downslope wind caused by greater air density on the slope than at some distance, horizontally from it. The wind is associated with surface cooling of the slope.
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Katabatic - A wind that is created by air flowing downhill. It is often (though not always) used to characterize a wind that warms adiabatically as it descends, but remains relatively cold compared to its surroundings.
KATABATIC WIND: Local winds a result of cold, dense air flowing downhill.
KNOT: One nautical mile per hour (1.15 mph).
LAND BREEZE: A wind that blows from the land towards a body of water. Also known as an offshore breeze.
Katabatic- wind blowing down an incline, such as down a hillside; downslope wind.
Knot- the unit used to measure wind speed, equal to 1.15 statute miles per hour.
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KATABATIC WIND - Local winds a result of cold, dense air flowing downhill.
KELVIN- A ratio temperature scale using 0 as the theoretical coldest temperature.
KNOT - One nautical mile per hour (1.15 mph).
Katabatic wind Any wind blowing downslope. Usually cold.
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Lake breeze A wind blowing onshore from the surface of a lake.
Katabatic Wind - The flow of cold, dense air downslope under the influence of gravity; the direction of flow is controlled largely by topography.
Katabatic and Anabatic Winds Katabatic winds (taken from the Greek word "katabatikos," meaning "to go down") are sometimes called "gravity winds," "drainage winds," "mountain winds," or "glacier winds.
Katabatic winds - winds that flow downhill, for example Chinook winds (see above), or cool air flowing down at night.
Anabatic winds - winds that flow uphill, usually warm air near midday ...
Katabatic Wind
A valley or drainage wind formed as cold dense air drains down a valley. Examples are the Mistral in southern France and the strong winds blowing of the high Antarctic plateaux.
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KATABATIC WIND - A wind that develops from cooler sinking air, usually down a slope, such as a mountain.
Katabatic wind Any wind blowing down an incline. If warm, it is a foehn. If cold, it may be a fall wind or a gravity wind.
Because katabatic refers specifically to the vertical motion of the wind, this group also includes winds which form on the lee side of mountains, and heat as a consequence of compression.
DRAINAGE WIND A katabatic wind, it is caused by the cooling of air along the slopes of a mountain. Related term: mountain breeze
DRIFTING SNOW Snow particles blown from the ground by the wind to a height of less than six feet.
K-index = (850 mb temperature - 500 mb temperature) + 850 mb dew point - 700 mb dew point depressionKatabatic WindA wind that is created by air flowing downhill.
24 Wind: Katabatic. Cold & Dry. 25 Wind: Land Breeze. Nighttime 26 Wind: Lidar: Small laser beam 0f infrared light. 27 Wind: Light & variable wind 0-5 mph. Breezy 15-25 mph 28 Wind: Location of wind measuring equipment. 30+ ft up.
Precipitation may cool a volume of air through which it passes, which then acts katabatically, producing a sudden outward and downward rush, often seen in mammatus formations. Convection itself causes a wind inwards toward the centre of the storm.
Valley cooling is accomplished by the combined effects of draining cold air off the slopes by early-evening downslope (katabatic) winds, and upward motion with upward cold-air advection from the convergence of katabatic flows in the valley center.
A katabatic wind, it is formed at night by the radiational cooling along mountainsides. As the slopes become colder than the surrounding atmosphere, the lower levels of air cool and drain to the lowest point of the terrain.
A warm slope surface, as produced by daytime heating, generates anabatic or upslope winds, whereas a cool surface, as from nocturnal cooling, generates katabatic or downslope winds.
Valley Winds Valley winds encompass several effects, the first of which is the tendency of wind to funnel down a pronounced valley. The term also refers to the movement of airdown the slopes of a valley at night (katabatic winds) or up the slopes ...
ANABATIC WIND
A wind that is created by air flowing uphill. Valley breezes, produced by local daytime heating, are an example of these winds. The opposite of a katabatic wind.
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