What is Ball Lightning?
Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety of colors, from blue to orange to yellow, and is sometimes accompanied by a hissing sound and an acrid odor.
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A sudden and rapid flow of snow masses accumulated on the slopes of mountainous areas under the influence of gravity or a...
A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.
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The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.
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The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...
A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...
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