What is Barometer?

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

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

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

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

The formation of fog when warm and moist air passes over a cool or cold surface or, conversely, when cold air passes over...

The term 'cloudy' refers to weather conditions characterized by a significant amount of cloud cover in the sky. This may...

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

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 measurement determined by the wave lengths and sea conditions caused by the effect of wind, and by the movement of tree...

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...