What is Anticyclone?

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...

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

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...