What is Arctic High?

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...

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

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

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

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

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

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

The formation of fog when warm and moist air passes over a cool or cold surface or, conversely, when cold air passes over...