What is Arctic High?

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

A blizzard is a storm that lasts 3 hours or more, with persistent winds/frequent gusts of 35 mph or more along with significant...

The term used for turbulence occurring in the absence of clouds or cloud-like elements in the visible area. It is often observed...

A weather watch means there is a risk of weather hazards in the near future, which could pose a threat to life/property....

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

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

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...