What is Broken Clouds?

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...

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

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

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

A cold core low is a low-pressure system where the coldest temperatures are found near the center. These systems are often...