What is Barometer?

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

Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

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

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

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

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

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 term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...