What is Arctic High?

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

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

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

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

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

Weather is the day-to-day meteorological conditions that happen in our atmosphere. Weather can change within minutes, which...

A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...

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