What is Arctic High?

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

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

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

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

The term 'cloudy' refers to weather conditions characterized by a significant amount of cloud cover in the sky. This may...

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...

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

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