What is Barometer?

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

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

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

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

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...

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

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

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

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...