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What is Atmosphere?

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

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Glossary

An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

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

The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

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

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

An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...