What is Arctic High?

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

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

Observation of the sky from the observer's location where there are no clouds, and there is no obstruction to visibility....

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...

An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.