What is Broken Clouds?

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

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

Particles such as pollen, grass seeds, or dust in the air that cause allergies and are transported by winds.

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

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

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...

A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.