What is Atmosphere?

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...

Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

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

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

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

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 elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...