What is Anticyclone?

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...

The scientific study of climate, focusing on the analysis of long-term weather patterns and trends over time.

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...

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