What is Anvil Cloud?
An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric stability level of the atmosphere. It forms in the upper parts of thunderstorms.
Glossary
A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...
Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...
The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...
A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.
A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...
A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...
Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...
The belt between 50-70 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, adjacent to the Polar Region. Although...
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