What is Blocking Pattern?
Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather systems from moving through.
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A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.
The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...
Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...
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 elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...
CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...