What is Atmospheric River?

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

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.

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

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

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...

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

A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.

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

Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...