What is Barometer?

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...

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

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

CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...