What is Broken Clouds?

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

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

Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere and weather processes. It involves observing, analyzing, and forecasting...

Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...

Condensation pressure deficit refers to the difference between the actual vapor pressure and the saturation vapor pressure...

The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.

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

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

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

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...