What is Arctic High?

Nor'easter is a meteorological event commonly observed in the Northeastern United States and typically occurs during the...

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

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

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...

The amount of water vapor present in the air, which can affect comfort levels and weather conditions.

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...

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

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

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