What is Arctic Air?

A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...

Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.

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

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

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

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

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

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...