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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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Glossary

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

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

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

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

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

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