What is Adiabatic Gradient?
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1 °C per 100 m. For moist air, this value can drop to 0.4 °C.
Schedule a Demo Today
A new era is starting with fundamentally new forecasting with unprecedented precision!
Contact UsGlossary
The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...
The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...
A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...
Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...
An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.
A sudden and rapid flow of snow masses accumulated on the slopes of mountainous areas under the influence of gravity or a...
A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...
A cold core low is a low-pressure system where the coldest temperatures are found near the center. These systems are often...
A blizzard is a storm that lasts 3 hours or more, with persistent winds/frequent gusts of 35 mph or more along with significant...
An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...