home/glossary/Catabatic Wind

Catabatic Wind

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a wind caused by the downward motion of cold air

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
?unassignedlast reviewed

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
katabatic wind
plural
Catabatic Winds
possessive
Catabatic Wind's
pluralpossessive
Catabatic Winds'