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...

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

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 narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.

A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

A continental air mass is a large body of air that forms over land, characterized by dry conditions due to the lack of moisture...

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