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What is Baroclinicity?

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces of constant pressure intersect with surfaces of constant temperature.

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A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

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

A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

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

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

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